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I developed tinnitus during a bout of COVID last week. On about the third day I had an earache in one ear. Earache went away after about a day but now I have p

I developed tinnitus during a bout of COVID last week. On about the third day I had an earache in one ear. Earache went away after about a day but now I have pretty strong tinnitus in that ear. COVID symptoms long gone now but tinnitus remains. 'Volume' is negligible when I wake up but increases over the day. I still feel some 'pressure' in that ear (maybe residual sinus infection?) so I'm hoping it will heal on its own. Anyone else experience this?

pier25 3y ago
My tinnitus started days after my first covid shot. Plenty of people have reported tinnitus after covid or the shots. Mine is very mild but it's still annoying.
- rogerkirkness 3y ago
  Same here, after my first Moderna shot it started and hasn't gone away.
- kingTug 3y ago
  Has yours been improving at all? Mine started (just in the left ear) about 48hrs after my 3rd Pfizer shot and remained loud for ~8months. Several months of noticeable dissipation followed by true silence at about the 1-year mark. Thought I was in the clear but it's started again out of nowhere this fall. I'm optimistic it will improve again and can probably be controlled with better lifestyle habits but at this stage is something I feel I will be managing forever. I've seen ENT's and audiologists but they're unable to help past confirming my inner ear and hearing are fine. In 2022 John Stewart had some infectious disease experts on his podcast and one of the epidemiologists stated that he got tinnitus from his 2nd vaccine, and his 3rd exacerbated it. It was at that point that I realized it had to be somewhat common.
  - pier25 3y ago
    It got noticeably milder after consuming medicinal mushrooms (lion's mane etc) for some months but it never went completely away. I have days where it gets a bit worse. Maybe if I don't sleep well or recently I had some torticolis (neck pain) and had to take muscle relaxers. But then I go back to baseline.
dahart 3y ago
I’ve heard of lots of people first noticing tinnitus while being sick, as well as like the sibling comment, right after getting a vaccine (flu, covid, etc.) It seems like inflammation generally makes the symptoms worse, and I’d bet that most of the time inflammation is causing latent existing tinnitus to cross a threshold and become noticeable and reach your consciousness. I distinctly remember that the first time I consciously noticed my tinnitus, I knew I’d actually been hearing the sound very quietly for some time and not recognizing what it was… I don’t know how long I had tinnitus before I knew I had tinnitus.

pier25 3y ago

My tinnitus started days after my first covid shot. Plenty of people have reported tinnitus after covid or the shots. Mine is very mild but it's still annoying.

rogerkirkness 3y ago
Same here, after my first Moderna shot it started and hasn't gone away.
kingTug 3y ago
Has yours been improving at all? Mine started (just in the left ear) about 48hrs after my 3rd Pfizer shot and remained loud for ~8months. Several months of noticeable dissipation followed by true silence at about the 1-year mark. Thought I was in the clear but it's started again out of nowhere this fall. I'm optimistic it will improve again and can probably be controlled with better lifestyle habits but at this stage is something I feel I will be managing forever. I've seen ENT's and audiologists but they're unable to help past confirming my inner ear and hearing are fine. In 2022 John Stewart had some infectious disease experts on his podcast and one of the epidemiologists stated that he got tinnitus from his 2nd vaccine, and his 3rd exacerbated it. It was at that point that I realized it had to be somewhat common.
- pier25 3y ago
  It got noticeably milder after consuming medicinal mushrooms (lion's mane etc) for some months but it never went completely away. I have days where it gets a bit worse. Maybe if I don't sleep well or recently I had some torticolis (neck pain) and had to take muscle relaxers. But then I go back to baseline.

dahart 3y ago

I’ve heard of lots of people first noticing tinnitus while being sick, as well as like the sibling comment, right after getting a vaccine (flu, covid, etc.) It seems like inflammation generally makes the symptoms worse, and I’d bet that most of the time inflammation is causing latent existing tinnitus to cross a threshold and become noticeable and reach your consciousness. I distinctly remember that the first time I consciously noticed my tinnitus, I knew I’d actually been hearing the sound very quietly for some time and not recognizing what it was… I don’t know how long I had tinnitus before I knew I had tinnitus.