Does Ringing in the Ears Relate to Autoimmune or Inflammation?

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Does Ringing in the ears relate to Autoimmune or Inflammation? This is JJ Virgin, four time New York Times bestselling author, celebr, nutrition expert and fitness hall of famer. I've been on a lifelong quest for answers to the toughest health questions and now I'm sharing what I found with you. Welcome to Ask the Health Expert. Carol Steinbeck from the Super Immune Secrets masterclass asked this question, does ringing in the ears relate to autoimmune disease or inflammation? Hey, it's JJ and today I've got autoimmune expert Dr. Terri Wahls with me. She has over 3 million views and counting on her TEDx talk where she shares her personal Ms. Story of how she ditched the wheelchair and got back her life through diet and lifestyle. A former international Taekwondo competitor from an Iowa farm family, she now spends her time as a clinical professor at the University University of Iowa researching the impact of therapeutic lifestyle interventions on Ms. Symptoms. Stay with me. We'll be right back with the answer.

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Ringing in the ears. The scientific term is called tinnitus and that's actually quite common. It's a reflection of damage to the nerve cells that do the hearing for us. And as those nerve cells are damaged, the brain will fill in that sound relating to this ringing or chirping in the ears. That damage can occur as a result of trauma. A common cause of that might be excess noise toxicity. But another cause can be an autoimmune problem. And it can also be made much worse with excessive inflammation. Therefore, all of my patients who have issues related to ear ringing, buzzing in their ears, chirping sounds. I work with them to address their nutrition. We want to reduce the excess and inappropriate inflammation and I want to evaluate them for a possible autoimmune process or autoimmune condition. The first steps I have them take is to get rid of the sugar, get rid of the processed foods. We discuss gluten and casein. These are two proteins that people often have sensitivity to and may not realize that they have problems with those two proteins. And so I'll recommend that they go on a gluten free and dairy free diet. If they're willing to also have them remove eggs. These simple changes can be incredibly helpful. In addition, some other strategies that can help with the ear ringing is the addition of white noise. And white noise is noise that has the full frequency of sounds in it. You might think of that as a babbling brook, running water, the sound of waves on a beach. Or you could get that by tuning into a old time radio and you dial in between stations, you get static, that sort of sounds. Like that also is the full spectrum of sound. So that's another strategy. Some other folks will use background music, environmental sounds, such as the background sounds of a meadow or a gentle rain or a background of running water in a stream. But again, for everyone, I want them to lower their inflammation levels and to lower their autoimmune processes. And this really begins with diet quality. Get rid of the junk, eat more vegetables, and also if you can, go gluten free, dairy free at a minimum.

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