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Thumping Sound In Ear?
This time of the year I often get a thumping sound in my left ear only(my right eardrum ruptured years ago and never healed). It thumps in rhythm to my heartbeat. It's almost always when I'm laying down, rarely in any other position. It's worse when the weather's damp. Also sometimes when I stand up I'll get this "rushing" sensation in both ears. I went to an ENT and he said, "I don't know"(and charged me $400.00). I have allergies and almost constant ear and sinus infections. Does anyone know what causes this?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I get this too and its nothing to worry about.
What the thumping is: The thumping is the blood being pumped by your heart (explains the rythemn) to your brain as every cell needs blood, now there are a few main veins and arteries that run up your neck one of which branchs and goes by your ears explaining the thumping because of the high speeds that the blooed is pumped.
THE RUSHING: The rushing is caused by the fluid in your inner ear that helps your balance, when you lay down it settles in one place, whe you suddenly move you brain is like what just happend and it has to catch up to the way you are positioned.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Well first, the thumping in your ear is your heartbeat. The rushing sound when you stand up is the blood moving out of your head. The reason why you have this is probably because of a artery close to the eardrum that might have shifted during whatever caused your other ear drum to rupture. Your constant infections are because of bad sinus drain. There are medications and operations doctors can do to fix this. The thumping and rushing don't really have a effect based on weather but can be influenced by pressure changes in atmosphere.
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This time of the year I often get a thumping sound in my left ear only(my right eardrum ruptured years ago and never healed). It thumps in rhythm to my heartbeat. It's almost always when I'm laying down, rarely in any other position. It's worse when the weather's damp. Also...
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- 1 decade ago
I get that too. I have felt my pulse in my ears, but I have also felt a rapid thumping that isn't related to my heart beat. Very strange.
The only thing I can think of is air pressure trying to balance out the equilibrium in the ear drum.
- Marvelous MarvLv 61 decade ago
Have you blood pressure checked. This sounds like a regular ear infection. The sensitive, swollen ear drum "hears" your heart beat and so do you. When you lay down the blood pressure in your head goes up because gravity is not involved anymore. So the heartbeat gets louder. I've had a hundred ear infections and it sounds like this is your problem. Sometimes plain old high blood pressure appears as a heartbeat sound in your hearing. Check it out.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
i have that too! and i went with my dr and he made a test measuring the air presure in my ear and he told me that my ear was congested .. so he explained that ear congestion is due to allergies, a cold, or traveling constantly on airplanes or driving thru the mountains.. he gave an antihistamine spray (Asthelin) and some craritin... it really helped me a lot.. the pain and the thumping sound dissapered.. i hope this helps!
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