眼又矇,耳又聾

上星期五突然右耳好似畀嘢焗住咁,聽嘢時啲聲左邊入先,然後先右耳.右耳仲有長bee
bee聲.過咗幾日都係咁.睇醫生,佢refer咗去專科.

長bee
bee聲醫生話多數係壓力大引致.大家睇開我個blog都知我hea開,邊有壓力吖.咁個專科醫生同我check耳鼻喉,又check聽力.耳鼻喉完全正常,只係右耳聽力有問題,某分貝嘅聲係聽唔到.醫生話呢個係sudden
hearing loss, 即係突然失聰,多數都係原因不明.佢又再refer我噚日去醫院接受注射治療.

間醫院因為好多唔同專科都係同一個lobby等,多人到好似香港醫院睇街症.
(唔敢影人,只影咗一角)

Total搞咗兩個鐘先走得.

療法係一連四日要去醫院打針.啲藥係靜脈注射入血管.會有副作用架.醫生話會瞓唔好,面紅同胃痛.胃痛就已經出現咗喇.

網上搵咗以下資料了解吓乜嘢係sudden
hearing loss. 我好多個points都中咗呢. (唔中又點會話我有呢個問題呢)

Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL),
or sudden deafness, is a rapid loss of hearing. SSHL can happen to a
person all at once or over a period of up to 3 days. It should be
considered a medical emergency. A person who experiences SSHL should
visit a doctor immediately.

A doctor can determine whether a person has experienced SSHL by conducting a normal hearing test. If a loss of at least 30 decibels
in three connected frequencies is discovered, it is diagnosed as SSHL. A
decibel is a measure of sound. A decibel level of 30 is half as loud as
a normal conversation. A frequency is another way of measuring sound.
Frequencies measure sound waves and help to determine what makes one
sound different from another sound.

Hearing loss affects only one ear in 9 out of 10 people who
experience SSHL. Many people notice it when they wake up in the morning.
Others first notice it when they try to use the deafened ear, such as
when they make a phone call. Still others notice a loud, alarming "pop"
just before their hearing disappears. People with SSHL often experience
dizziness or a ringing in their ears (tinnitus), or both.

Some patients recover completely without medical intervention, often
within the first 3 days. This is called a spontaneous recovery. Others
get better slowly over a 1 or 2 week period. Although a good to
excellent recovery is likely, 15 percent of those with SSHL experience a
hearing loss that gets worse over time.

Approximately 4,000 new cases of SSHL occur each year in the United
States. It can affect anyone, but for unknown reasons it happens most
often to people between the ages of 30 and 60.

Causes/Diagnosis

Though there are more than 100 possible causes of sudden deafness, it
is rare for a specific cause to be precisely identified. Only 10 to 15
percent of patients with SSHL know what caused their loss. Normally,
diagnosis is based on the patient’s medical history. Possible causes
include the following:

• Infectious diseases.
• Trauma, such as a head injury.
• Abnormal tissue growth.
• Immunologic diseases such as Cogan’s syndrome.
• Toxic causes, such as snake bites.
• Ototoxic drugs (drugs that harm the ear).
• Circulatory problems.
• Neurologic causes such as multiple sclerosis.
• Relation to disorders such as Ménière’s disease.

Treatment

People who experience SSHL should see a physician immediately.
Doctors believe that finding medical help fast increases the chances for
recovery. Several treatments are used for SSHL, but researchers are not
yet certain which is the best for any one cause. If a specific cause is
identified, a doctor may prescribe antibiotics for the patient. Or, a
doctor may advise a patient to stop taking any medicine that can
irritate or damage the ear.

The most common therapy for SSHL, especially in cases with an unknown
cause, is treatment with steroids. Steroids are used to treat many
different disorders and usually work to reduce inflammation, decrease
swelling, and help the body fight illness. Steroid treatment helps some
SSHL patients who also have conditions that affect the immune system,
which is the body’s defense against disease.

Another common method that may help some patients is a diet low in
salt. Researchers believe that this method aids people with SSHL who
also have Ménière’s disease, a hearing and balance disorder.
www.http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/sudden.aspx