Objective Pulsatile Tinnitus

Hi guys . Anyone familiar with objective pulsatile tinnitus . Have had it about 2 months . Getting MRI with contrast this Weds . I'm very nervous about this as I haven't read too many good things about having this . Hoping it's something not too serious . Can anyone tell me something good I can hang my hat on to help me get by ? Thanks again . Dave

 

Sorry, but I'm not even sure what this is. Is it referred to as PT sometimes?

 

hi daver.objective pulsatile tinnitus means that it can be heard from outside your body.example;a doctor using a stethoscope can hear it usually behind one of the ears.from my research it seems to be much more curable than subjective PT which is what I have.subjective PT can only be heard internally by the patient.do you have any other symptoms?

 

Just nausea at times but not too often . I go for a MRI this Wed with contrast . Maybe I'll get an answer . I sure hope so .

 

Hello - My PT just started out of the blue the last week of August, 2015. It has gotten increasingly louder and the sounds vary quite a bit depending on position of my head, or what I'm doing, or if I'm upset or relaxed. My husband and now my daughter have both been able to hear the sound by putting their ears next to mine and it freaked them out! I was complaining about how hard it is to sleep and focus with this constant sound, but now that they heard it, they are more supportive. I had never heard of Pulsatile Tinnitus, so I thought it was stress, because something was actually very stressful going on in my life at the time it started. I immediately related it to blood pressure, which I've never had an issue with, but it was reading high right at this time. I had a full blood work done, which showed no problems, went to a cardiologist, EKG, no problems, ENT, hearing is perfect, no fluid, had a CT, and an MRA, all also showed no problems, but my ENT also obviously had never heard of objective Pulsatile Tinnitus, because he laughed at me when I told him I was trying to record the sound because it was so loud. He said only I can hear it and it's common, it will go away on its own and you'll just have to live with it. I've since done a lot more research and have come across a wonderful website called whooshers.com. This site has tons of people sharing their experiences as well as telling the world about their cures! There is a lot of information on this site and this is where I learned that a lady had her husband hear her "whooshing" for the first time - that's why I tried it and it worked! There are doctors out there that have heard of this and Dr. Eisenmen of Baltimore Maryland is supposed to be very popular in curing PT. I am waiting for an appointment more locally coming up on 11/23 and he is allegedly familiar with PT, but we will see what he knows. If I find out any further information, I will share it with you, but for now, I'm going crazy with this sound like the rest of us who haven't found the right doctor yet!

 

Your ENT had "obviously" never heard of objective pulsatile T...!!!???
I'd be out of his office in a heartbeat.
Anyway, maybe you should also get an ultrasound of the carotid and neck arteries just to be on the safe side, I'm glad you're looking at getting a more knowledgeable doc, hope you get better soon.