hearing heartbeat in ear

[tglass]

Lately I've been hearing my heartbeat when I lay down. Doctor has checked blood pressure and everything and say's he don't see anything wrong. I'm thinking I may have a blockage to my head. Anyone ever had this problem? Maybe just blocked ears, but if not I may not be around to tell him he was wrong.

 

[CBW1999]

Nope- not a problem. In a quiet enough environment (sound isolation room) it is possible to hear it. But I would tend to think that what you are actually hearing is the "wooshing" of blood through the arteries near your ears.

Although unnerving, I wouldn't worry about it. If it keeps you from sleeping, try having a small fan on low to create "white noise".

 

[randy41]

you must be hearing your pulse. pulsatile tinnitus. i just looked that up.

 

[idaho2]

Lately I've been hearing my heartbeat when I lay down. Doctor has checked blood pressure and everything and say's he don't see anything wrong. I'm thinking I may have a blockage to my head. Anyone ever had this problem? Maybe just blocked ears, but if not I may not be around to tell him he was wrong.

tglass,

I had that for almost a year progressively worsened, Glomus Tympanicum vs Glomus Jugulare. My PCP looked in the ear saw a reddening. Went to ENT, saw the same, had a CT and sure enough Glomus Tympanicum with a start of Glomus Jugulare (nasty one). Had surgery mine was supposed to have been 2 hrs but it lasted 4 hrs and 400 cc's of blood loss later out of surgery. Informed me that it had buried itself in bone and he had to dig around to get it all. Also said that these types of tumors are notoriously vascular - lots of blood during surgery. Had CT 6 mos later no sign of tumor and after surgery no heart beat hearing. I now have tininitus but I use back ground noise to reduce that. Surprisingly my ENT informed my wife & I that women are 4x more candidates for what I had and most often nothing can be found. I was a rarity as male to have this tumor. If you want you can PM me. Above all see an ENT doc - soon. The Glomus Jugulare is not nice.

orad2

 

[Domush]

That's the evidence your hearing is still great. I have tinnitus and will likely never hear my heartbeat again

This may be a simple cause, not a worrying one. Try checking out your earwax buildup. Next time you shower put soap in your ears (lather, not the bar :laughing and swish it around a bit. Then tilt your head under the shower head and swish the water in your ear until you feel it enter your inner ear canal (may take up to a minute+, depending on buildup), then immediately tilt your head to dump it out. Move on to the other ear. You will notice a distinct sound difference of the water rushing into your ear when the wax buildup clears up. Then try the lay down heartbeat test and see if it changes. I can normally hear internal stuff when my ear canal is clogged up.

 

[foggy1111]

you must be hearing your pulse. pulsatile tinnitus. i just looked that up.

I've had these same symptoms for years. I have pretty bad tinnitus and wear hearing aids to mask that....they really help me. The "pulsing sound" is quite annoying at times. Usually when you want to rest or after a nap for me. Never saw a doctor on this issue....maybe I should.

 

[tglass]

tglass,
Sounds like something I need to have checked out by an ear, nose and throat specialist. Thanks..

I had that for almost a year progressively worsened, Glomus Tympanicum vs Glomus Jugulare. My PCP looked in the ear saw a reddening. Went to ENT, saw the same, had a CT and sure enough Glomus Tympanicum with a start of Glomus Jugulare (nasty one). Had surgery mine was supposed to have been 2 hrs but it lasted 4 hrs and 400 cc's of blood loss later out of surgery. Informed me that it had buried itself in bone and he had to dig around to get it all. Also said that these types of tumors are notoriously vascular - lots of blood during surgery. Had CT 6 mos later no sign of tumor and after surgery no heart beat hearing. I now have tininitus but I use back ground noise to reduce that. Surprisingly my ENT informed my wife & I that women are 4x more candidates for what I had and most often nothing can be found. I was a rarity as male to have this tumor. If you want you can PM me. Above all see an ENT doc - soon. The Glomus Jugulare is not nice.

orad2

Sounds like something I need to have checked out by an ear, nose and throat specialist. Thanks..

 

[RickB]

Hearing one's pulse is probably more comforting than listenig carefully and not hearing it.

 

[Tollster]

I have the same thing, I can almost feel it in my chest and neck. I have been under stress through trying to help my mother since her stroke, and have a lot of anxiety at night when I lay down,hard to sleep and so on. My bloodpressure goes up as well,last time it was 150/90 and they said I have a reason for it being high. I typically put on the history channel so I can sleep,it keeps my mind off things.

 

[tglass]

heh, your right about that.

 

[Curtis Gray]

In what condition are your teeth?

Sounds like an odd question, but I just recently had the same problem with hearing my heartbeat in my right ear. About 2 weeks later, I ended up having a tooth pulled, and now since the trauma from the extraction and swelling has subsided, I don't hear the heartbeat anymore!

Hope it's something simple for you as well.

 

[s219]

I heard it the other day when I had earplugs in while running a chainsaw. If it weren't for this thread, I wouldn't have even paid attention!

 

[idaho2]

To all,

1. Hearing loss.
2. Pressure building up in affected ear.
3. Hearing heart beat in affected ear day or night.
4. Worse at night when sleeping on the affected side.

Does the above warrant a visit to an ENT? Let them prove that there is nothing in or around the IAC or temporal bone. Or would a tumor beyond surgical help be something you all want to suffer from. Your choice. I've CT scanned enough people in my radiographic occupation and not everyone was as lucky as I was with this tumor.

idaho2

 

[sfloggie]

I heard the sounds for two reasons.
1. Tinnitus..I hear a loud sharp sound 24/7. However; there are times I lay down and tilt my head to the left. Then I hear an annoying pulse. I turn my head slightly to the right pr almost flat on my back and it is gone. I sleep with a loud fan on at night to mask my tinnitus.

2. Carotid arteries...After my first heat attach and after four stents, I heard a loud noise as I rested or slept. The nurse laughed and said that was the sound of blood moving freely through my Carotid arteries for the first time in a long time.

So for you I vote for the first. Your plan to go to an ear doctor is best bet and hopefully it is simple.

Best to you, Jim

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Hearing one's pulse is probably more comforting than listenig carefully and not hearing it.

Oh no, It's the Zombie apocolypse!

 

[tglass]

Oh no, It's the Zombie apocolypse!

hmm, yea right

 

[Domush]

Any update on this? I'm curious what the cause actually is. So many guesses I wonder if any of us are correct.

 

[boggen]

you have a lot of muscles that go around and connect near the ear. *been there done that* with some ugly problems with nerves.

you have (front, side, and back) neck muscles. then you have multi jaw muscles, and temple muscles, and some muscles at rear of skull. along with some sinus/noise and eye muscles that reach back some towards the ear.

any of these muscles if worn out and tensed up can cause other muscles near by them to start taking a hit and start tensing up. different muscle and combinations of them. can tweek a persons sense of hearing.

hopefully the ENT, as part of your diagnoses. will finger/touch various muscles, and ask if anything is sore or any slight pain or like. along with sensation test. pressing harder or softer to using different tools and rub across skin. to see if you feel things differently.

 

[tglass]

you have a lot of muscles that go around and connect near the ear. *been there done that* with some ugly problems with nerves.

you have (front, side, and back) neck muscles. then you have multi jaw muscles, and temple muscles, and some muscles at rear of skull. along with some sinus/noise and eye muscles that reach back some towards the ear.

any of these muscles if worn out and tensed up can cause other muscles near by them to start taking a hit and start tensing up. different muscle and combinations of them. can tweek a persons sense of hearing.

hopefully the ENT, as part of your diagnoses. will finger/touch various muscles, and ask if anything is sore or any slight pain or like. along with sensation test. pressing harder or softer to using different tools and rub across skin. to see if you feel things differently.

will be going tomorrow, and will post the outcome of this. Sure hate to see some of the people on here that think or make this into a joke> it's not. Talking with other people around the world might make a difference in our personal lives. Surely I'm not the only one that has had this problem, and from the listining, I am not. More people might like to hear the outcome and what not or what to do to cure it.

 

[Soundguy]

if it's a new development IE.. change.. I'd have it checked.

I detected my own irregular heartbeat nearly 2ys ago and got myself to a DR BEFORE my imminent heart attack happened.