HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR OTOSCLEROSIS
Otosclerosis or otospongiosis is an abnormal growth of bone near
the middle
ear. It can result in hearing loss The term otosclerosis is somewhat of a misnomer. Much of the
clinical course is characterised by lucent rather than sclerotic bony changes
and hence why it is also known as otospongiosis.
This is an inherited disease.
Otosclerosis can result in conductive and/or sensorineural hearing loss. The
primary form of hearing loss in otosclerosis is conductive hearing loss (CHL) whereby sounds reach the ear
drum but are incompletely transferred via the ossicular chain in the middle
ear, and thus partly fail to reach the inner
ear (cochlea). This usually will
begin in one ear but will eventually affect both ears with a variable course.
On audiometry, the hearing loss
is characteristically low-frequency, with higher frequencies being affected
later. Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) has also been noted in patients
with otosclerosis; this is usually a high-frequency loss, and usually manifests
late in the disease. The causal link between otosclerosis and SNHL remains
controversial.
Approximately
0.5% of the population will eventually be diagnosed with otosclerosis.
Post-mortem studies show that as many as 10% of people may have otosclerotic
lesions of their temporal bone, but apparently never had symptoms warranting a
diagnosis. Caucasians are the most affected race, with the prevalence in the
Black and Asian populations being much lower. In clinical practice otosclerosis
is encountered about twice as frequently in females as in males, but this does
not reflect the true sex ratio. When families are investigated it is found that
the condition is only slightly more common in women. Usually noticeable hearing
loss begins at middle-age, but can start much sooner. The hearing loss was long
believed to grow worse during pregnancy, but recent research does not support
this belief
HOMOEOPATHIC
REMEDIES
THIOSIAMINUM
200—A specific remedy
for otosclerosis . Deafness due to thickness of the drum and fibrous changes in
nerve. Formation of fibrous bands impending free movement of the ossicles .
FERRUM
PICRICUM 6X- Chronic deafness and tinnitus. Cracking in ears and low
pitched voice
CALCRAE
FLOUR. 6X—Hardness of hearning from calcareous deposits on the
tympani
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