A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF HYPERLIPIDAEMIA WITH TINNITUS AMONG PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 65
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tinnitus is the perception of noise in the absence of an acoustic stimulus. It is a symptom, which can cause much suffering and anxiety since it is quite often not possible to get a timely complete symptomatic relief. Literature shows that hyperlipidaemia was reported in a good number of patients with tinnitus. AIMS OF THIS STUDY To find out the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia in patients with tinnitus and to analyse the improvement in tinnitus after giving treatment for hyperlipidaemia to patients who are having it. SETTINGS AND DESIGN This was an analytical case-control study conducted in the Department of ENT in a tertiary care centre in south India. METHODOLOGY Patients with complaint of tinnitus seen by the investigator in the outpatient department during a period of 18 months were taken as participants for the study and an equal number of individuals without tinnitus were randomly taken as control group. Fasting lipid profile was done and the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia in the two groups were analysed by statistical methods like chisquare test and p-value estimation. Patients with altered lipid profile were given atorvastatin 10 mg daily for two months and any improvement in the symptomatology was assessed and analysed. RESULTS Among 84 patients, hyperlipidaemia was seen in 54 (64.29%) people, while in the control group, it was seen only in 23 (27.38%). Among the 54 patients who were treated with atorvastatin more than 40% experienced a decrease in tinnitus. CONCLUSION Based on this study, it can be concluded that hyperlipidaemia is a causative factor for tinnitus and treatment of the same may lead to improvement in tinnitus.
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Rajesh
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