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Otosclerosis is a condition where a bone (called stapes, present in the middle ear) gets stuck in its place. The sound waves enter from the outer ear and from here pass to the ear canal followed by eardrum. This eardrum vibrates from sound waves. This vibration is then carried forward to three little bones present in the ear known as malleus, incus and stapes. The middle ear bones amplify sound vibrations and help to transmit sound from the middle ear to the inner ear. If the stapes bone gets fixed in its place then it hinders normal transmitting of the sound from middle ear to inner ear leading to hearing loss. It is one of the most common causes of hearing loss that arises among young adults. Homeopathic medicines for otosclerosis are highly effective to manage the associated symptoms and bring about recovery.
Causes
The exact reason behind this condition is still not clearly known. But it is thought to arise when extra bony tissue grows around the bone stapes in the middle ear. This abnormal growth of bone decreases the movement of the stapes. It results in a decrease in the amount of sound that is passed to the cochlea in the inner ear. The abnormal bone grows slowly and eventually it gets fixed in its place.
Genetic and environmental factors are thought to play a role in its development. Persons having family history of otosclerosis are at high risk to suffer from the same condition. If we consider age then it mainly tends to affect people between the age of 10 to 40 years. Though both men and women can develop this condition but it has been found that women are at higher risk to get otosclerosis as compared to men. People who have suffered from measles at any time in the past are at risk. Measles can lead to development of this condition is evident from the detection of measles virus in stapes footplates in persons having otosclerosis found in various studies. It has also been found that a reduction in cases of otosclerosis has followed in the population who have been vaccinated against this viral infection supporting role of measles virus in otosclerosis.
People who have stress fractures to the bones in the middle ear or have / had some of the autoimmune disorder are at risk to suffer from this condition. It is also known that pregnancy can make this condition worse though it doesn’t cause it. A possibility of low levels of fluoride with the development of otosclerosis is also related. It has been evidenced by the fact of reduction of the number of cases of otosclerosis in the UK after adding fluoride in drinking water on a routine basis. Though this possibility is under controversy.
Symptoms
The major symptom that a person gets in this condition is hearing loss. Initially there arise difficulty in hearing low – pitched sounds or there is inability to hear a whisper. This tend to gets worse gradually with passing time. Many people having it often narrate that their hearing ability is somewhat better when they are in environment with lot of noise. Mainly conductive type of hearing loss occurs. In this sound waves are able to reach the eardrum but are not carried properly from bones in the middle ear and hence to the inner ear. Sensorineural hearing loss can also occur but it usually appears late with the progression of the disease. The person having it may speak softly because this condition can make him hear his voice sound very loud. Next symptom that appears along with hearing loss is tinnitus (hearing noises in the ear in the absence of any external sound.) It arises from irritation of the nerve endings in the inner ear. It tend to worsen from exhaustion, fatigue, nervousness and in a quiet environment. The intensity of tinnitus doesn’t depend on the intensity or type of hearing loss. Other symptoms that can arise include dizziness / vertigo (a sensation where a person feels as if he is spinning or surrounding objects are moving) and issues with maintaining normal body balance. In this condition one or both of the ears can be affected.
Homeopathic Medicines for Otosclerosis
Homeopathic medicines offer much help to manage its symptoms that includes noises in ear (tinnitus), vertigo (spinning sensation and hearing difficulty. Some homeopathic medicines are also known to aid dissolving of the extra bony tissue growths appearing in stapes bone in these cases. These homeopathic medicines are of natural origin, so they manage complaints in a very safe manner with zero side effects.
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Calcarea Fluor – Top Listed Medicine
In homeopathy Calcarea Fluor is well known for its general action to dissolve extra bony growths forming anywhere in the body which make it indicated to treat cases of otosclerosis. In these cases it is known to dissolve extra bony tissue that forms around the stapes bone and relieve its symptoms. The symptoms effectively managed by this medicine are hearing difficulty and tinnitus. When it comes to tinnitus it especially helps when ringing or roaring noises in the ear are marked.
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Graphites – When Hearing is Better in Noisy Environment
Graphites is a significant medicine to treat this condition when a person has hearing difficulties but hears better when present in a noisy environment. Along with this they hear humming, ringing or hissing noises in the ear. Sometimes they also hear cracking sounds in the ear usually when eating. They also feel that the ears are stuffed up along with the above symptoms.
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Chininum Sulph – For Managing Hearing Difficulty and Noises in Ear
Chininum Sulph is very beneficial to manage hearing difficulty and noises in the ear. People needing it complain of violent ringing noises in their ears. Sometimes they buzz in their ears also. Along with this they have hardness of hearing. Many times they may have complaints of headaches with above symptoms.
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Ferrum Picricum – To Manage Buzzing, Hissing Noises in Ear
Ferrum Picricum is a well indicated medicine which is given when noises in the ear are present. The noises are mainly buzzing or hissing in nature in cases requiring Ferrum Picricum. Along with this hearing is impaired. In such cases vertigo is also there with above complaints.
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Chenopodium – For Roaring, Buzzing Noises in Ear
This medicine is prepared from oil of the seeds of the plant Chenopodium Anthelminticum. This plant belongs to family chenopodiaceae. It is very beneficial medicine for persons who complain of roaring, buzzing noises in the ear. Along with this they have hearing difficulty. They may also have sudden attacks of vertigo with above complaints.
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Salicylic Acid – For Managing Ringing Noises in Ear
Salicylic Acid is recommended to manage ringing noises in the ear. With this hearing is diminished. Vertigo with intense nausea accompanies this.
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Silicea – For Noises in Ear and Hearing Loss
This medicine is considered where a person hears noises in the ears and has hearing loss. For using it the noises are usually hissing. But they can also be roaring, ringing or like a loud pistol.
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Petroleum – To Manage Noises in Ear (Tinnitus)
Petroleum is also helpful to manage noises in ears in such cases. For using Petroleum the noises are highly variable. The noises may be roaring, ringing, humming, cracking or noise like that of wind or like rushing water when Petroleum is needed. Hearing difficulty is also marked with this.
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Gelsemium – To Manage Balance Issues
Homeopathic medicine Gelsemium is prepared from the bark of the root of a plant known as Gelsemium Sempervirens. This plant is commonly known by the name of yellow jasmine. This plant belongs to family loganiaceae. It offers great help to manage complaints of loss of balance in these cases. Here person feels that they would fall from loss of balance while walking. They also have to attend complaints of dizziness. This is mostly felt when they do sudden head movement. Apart from this difficulty in hearing and tinnitus with rushing or roaring noises in the ears arise with above symptoms.
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Conium – For Managing Vertigo
Homeopathic medicine Conium is prepared from a plant known as Conium Maculatum. The family of this plant is umbelliferae. Conium is a useful medicine for managing vertigo episodes. Persons needing it feels as if all the objects around them are spinning. They complain that vertigo most of the time arises when they turn the head. They wish to keep the head perfectly still to prevent this complaint of vertigo. They may also have vertigo on stooping and while walking with a tendency to fall down.
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Cocculus Indicus – For Vertigo Attended with Nausea and Vomiting
This medicine is prepared from seeds of the plant Cocculus Indicus having the common name Indian Cockle. This plant belongs to the family menispermaceae. Its use is highly recommended to manage vertigo accompanied with nausea and vomiting. Along with this complaint there are noises in the ear particularly like from rushing water. Hardness of hearing is present along with this.
I’m 32 years old. Hearing loss started when I was 23 – 24 yrs old. My ENT doctor told me that their is some problem with bone in the ear which can corrected through surgery. I don’t want to go for surgeries. Does homeopathy provide any solution and how much it May take for treatment
Hello sir Mera naam Vikash Kumar hai pichale 3sal se mujhe tinnitus ka problem tha lekin is sal 13/06/2023 ko Mera exident huaa jisme sunane ki samasya utpann ho gyi or ab sunai bhi bhut Kam ho gya hai or dono kano me Citi ki awaj bhut tez sunai deta hai kya iska ilaj sambhaw hai
My daughter is 33 yesrs old snd has mild otosclerosis. Can she improve on calcerea flourica and what’s the dose
I have otosclerosis in both ears I had a stapendectomy on the right ear 20 yes ago I can’t hear much in that ear and very little in my left ear. Would this help me to hear again?
Hello Dr. Sharma,
I am 60 year old woman. I started my hearing loss around 45 with vertigo, and was diagnosed with some hearing loss and tinnitus started. For the last 10 years my tinnitus is constant, day and night. My recent audiometry says: Pure tone thresholds demonstrated hearing within normal limits sloping to a moderately-severe sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear and a severe to profound mixed hearing loss in the left ear. My ENT doctor says I probably have otosclerosis and require a left stapedectomy. I am interested trying homeopathy treatment for this hearing loss and tinnitus.
thank you.
Did you get a reply? I am in a similar situation. Have you had any successful treatment? I want to avoid a stapendectomy also.
Hello Dr. Sharma,
I’m a male 42 years of age. The above description is me 100%. My hearing loss (both ears) started about 2 years ago, I have ringing in my ears. My recent cat scan showed the following on both ears:
IMPRESSION:
Demineralization about the oval window and cochlea bilaterally, consistent with both fenestral and cochlear otosclerosis.
Of all the remedies, What do you recommend I take? Do you advise getting surgery (stapedectomy and prosthesis insertion and cochlear implantation? Or can these homeopathic remedies cure me?
I appreciate and value your advise. Blessings!
Mere kaan ki haddi me Dr.ne पिस्टन डालने को बोला है क्या यह बिना ऑपरेशन सही हो सकता h
Sir,
My son is microcia patient. Can he recover by himeopathy medicines?
Hi Dr. Sharma
I’m 34 year old male.
I’m facing the tinnitus from long time. I think this started when i was btw 15-20 year old. Here is the brief of my problem.
* Continuous Hearbeat sound in my left year along with a low frequency tone.
* Some time i feel pain and virtigo but very rarely.
* Hearing loss (Left year – mild loss) (Right year – Moderate to severe
PS: In my child hood once i fire a craker whose sound were very loud. i doubt this happen due to it. pls help me. I’ve start feeling depression due to it.
bro i have same heatbeat sound , i m same your age , what is your current status , did u find any consultation ?
Hello! I was diagnosed with oto sclerosis 12 years ago in left ear and just started wearing a hearing aid. I am lucky to have no tinnitus or vertigo issues. I am 66 and in good health. I wonder if you can advise suitable potency/dosage if I try Calcarea Fluor (I am based in the U.K.) – I really would love to try and make my stapes bone work again and avoid surgery/further use of hearing aid. I had measles aged 7/8 and I think this was the root cause. No genetic disposition and I had no full term pregnancies
Dr. Sahab, Is any effective medicine for otosclerosis in homeopathy. if yes please reply and without surgery it can be cured.
Greetings Dr Sharma,
I am 54. I am suffering from Otosclerosis since teenage. My right ear stapedectomy was done at 21. I was hearing from right ear (60-70%). Gradually I had hearing loss in left ear. In Dec 2017, I lost hearing in right ear suddenly by experiencing loud noise in the ear. Doctor assumes the possibility of stapedectomy failure can be one of the reason. Now I am using hearing aid in left ear (90 db loss) only as the hearing aid is not giving desired result in right ear.
I just want to know is there any solution/treatment there for me.
I have been diagnosed with osteosclerosis and my doctor has advised getting hearing aids. I would love to try something alternative preferably homeopathic medicine but I’m sure Medicare probably won’t pay for this. Could you give me information on what kind of doctor I could contact and also does accunpuncture help this condition? Thanks
I am 56 and suffered from otoscelorosis with tinnitus in right ear. I have also hearing loss about 60 db in this ear.
Can homiyopaithi helps me. Any patient review who had recovered from this same problem.
Dear Dr. Sharma,
Hello I am 71 and have suffered with Tinnitus for around 15 years. I have cochlea damage to my left ear and hearing loss mainly in upper frequencies. I experience hissing and white noise mainly in damaged left ear.
The Tinnitus occurs in waves of a few days at a time then subsides to very low level for a day or so then returns loud. The right ear is normally less effected and has much less hearing loss.
I self-administer homeopathic remedies successfully for sinus and muscle tension. I also use herbal remedies such as Milk Thistle, Bee pollen & Aloe Vera.
I experienced clinical depression & digestion breakdown in my mid forties. I recovered with professional homeopathic help and have taken daily plant supplements ever since very successfully. Would Ferrum
Picricum help me please?
I have tried a lot of remedies for Tinnitus including Tomatis, Habituation hearing
aids, various herbal and homeopathic remedies all with limited success. I have not been diagnosed with Otosclerosis and was examined by a ENT hospital specialist a few years ago, who did not find any physical irregularities in the inner ears.
I have used homeopathic Silica and Graphite’s remedies to no avail.
Kind regards,
Otosclerosis
I am 30 year old I am suffring from ear otosclerosis in both ear I don’t want do any surgery can you help me right treatment for otosclerosis in homeopathy
Otosclerosis problem start 2005 my age is 38 right now my both hear hearing loss to much seveir hearing loss m using both ear hearing aid i want solution in homeopathy tinnitus is to muchhh now create problem can homeopathy solve this problem help reduce in tinnitus problem right now can not hear without hearing aid now . M only one jn family for this problem no background for otosclerosis can you help me
Mujko OTOSCLEROSI,h, Dr,select,MULLEIN ear drop AND ACONITUM NAP200,,,,,kya ya thik h,other advise
Hi, I am 44 yrs female and i have a problem of otoscleosis with tinnitus from more than 15 years. I hear the sound of whistle in ears. Please suggest best medicine and hiw long the medicine will take to shiw its effect. I feel very embarrased dye to otosclerosis.
Thanks.
Lata
Sir, Iam aged 54+ using hearing aid for 3 years. My amma aged 82 also have hearing loss for 3 years. Will homeo medicine help ful to us. I am having tinnitus. Not having vertigo, but when the osition of head suddenly changes some discomfort. I will not do some exercise such as touching the feet , sooryanamaskara etc. Any medicine for me