Ear-infection-caused-hearing-loss

An ear infection occur due to block sound from going through the ear canal or middle ear to the inner ear.Given below the types of infection causes reversible hearing loss such as:

· Inflammation or infection of the ear canal (otitis externa):- This infection is mostly occurred in "swimmer's ear," due to too much water in the ear and inflammation, swelling, or build-up (exudates) in the ear canal may block sound from moving to the middle ear. When the infection goes away then hearing usually returns on its own.

· Middle ear infection (Otitis media): - Sound is block may be cause of swelling and pus. But this is rarely, hearing loss permanent may be occur due to middle ear infections. Many time antibiotics must be required for recovering hearing loss

· Fluid in the space behind the eardrum (otitis media with effusion):- This is occurred with or without infection. Fluid build-up is distorted sound or blocked its reach to the inner ear.

· Birth complications: - Some infections during pregnancy such as syphilis and rubella.

·  Viral infection of the cochlea (the main sensory organ of hearing):-This may become sudden hearing loss due to the viruses ( upper respiratory infections such as influenza or a cold).

· Conductive Hearing loss: - When deafness is as a result of issues with the meatus, eardrum, or tympanic cavity and its very little bones (the auditory ossicle, incus, and stapes).

· Sensorineural hearing loss: - It is occurred due to acoustic trauma (which is exposure to excessively loud noise), head trauma or sudden changes in air pressure such as in airplane adequate. The medical therapies with corticosteroids are reduced cochlea hair cell swelling and tenderness to improve healing of these injured inner ear structures.

Ear infections can occur at any age. So, you should go to professional or audiology of hearing aid care for check up. The audiologists will evaluate the particular cause of hearing issues and give advice patients of their treatment and rehabilitative choices. The professionals will help patients achieve the most effective hearing outcomes and hearing-related quality of life.

Food that Support for Healthy Hearing

Food that Support for Healthy Hearing

AS we know hearing is an important part of our life. As it help us to enjoy our life and keep us engaged without any restrictions. We all know that Food play a vital role in overall hearing health and proper body function. Hence, we should pay proper attention towards our daily diet. In this blog, we will be discussing all about nutrition that support healthy hearing.

Some of the nutrition which effect on the hearing are given below:

l  Vegetable oil -> contain too extra omega 6 fatty acids. May be, we use EVOO or Canola oil,which are rich in omega 3s. so these oils effect on our hearing.

l High fat meat -> particularly those treated with nitrates (protective)

l Cream cheese ->  tread with goat cheese or part skim natural ricotta

l Refined carbohydrates-> These consider white breads, pasta, and any foods containing “enriched” flour, which means removed from the grain. 

l Sodium-> We have required a few quantities but we need to keep a higher ratio of potassium to sodium. Packed and prepared foods have higher sodium to potassium

l Whole/2% milk->Dairy substitute is used like as almond,rice or coconut milk etc

Improve your hearing health with food:

l Potassium

Low potassium level may play vital role in hearing loss. To enhance your potassium to eat food such as bananas, raisins, apricots, melons, oranges, yogurt and low-fat milk 

l Zinc

Zinc improves your hearing health and all body function. Zinc have protein-rich foods like oysters, grass-fed beef, pumpkin seeds, cashews, almonds, spinach, and dark chocolate.

l Omega 3s

Omega3 have high level of Fats and Vitamin D,commonly found in fish,walnuts,flax. These things are good for hearing health. Those who ate fish twice a week had lower risk of hearing loss in women as look at non-fish eaters

l Vitamins C and E

Vitamins C and E contain of antioxidant powder that may help protect hearing loss.vitamin c found in C-rich food like, citrus fruits and Vitamin E include almonds, sunflower oil and peanut butter.

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