Tinnitus is a common condition in the United States, affecting up to 25 percent of adults. Even children can develop the condition, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Tinnitus is a phantom noise that only the person affected can hear. The condition can have many potential causes, including age-related hearing loss, certain medications, ear infections, high blood pressure and even some infections and vaccines.
While there is currently no concrete evidence linking the COVID-19 vaccine to tinnitus, theories for a possible connection have emerged among researchers. Shaowen Bao, an associate professor in the Physiology Department of the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona, has been studying tinnitus for more than a decade and believes that ongoing inflammation, especially in the brain or spinal cord, may be to blame.
After hearing from a Facebook group of people who developed the condition after getting vaccinated, Bao decided to look into the possible link between COVID-19 vaccine and tinnitus. He surveyed 398 of the group’s participants and found that they experienced headaches, dizziness, vertigo, ear pain, anxiety and depression.
According to the report, more people developed tinnitus after the first dose of the vaccine compared with the second. This suggests that the vaccine is interacting with pre-existing risk factors for tinnitus. “If you have the risk factor, you will probably get it from the first dose,” Bao said....<<<Read More>>>....