The first time people notice they have ringing in the ears they often go to the doctor fearing that they have some sort of ear infection.
Hearing strange noises, whooshing sounds, pops and clicks that no one else seems to hear, can be quite frightening at first.
Then it just becomes plain annoying.
The trip to to doctor results in them discovering they suffer from Tinnitus.
Tinnitus is the official term for the sounds that are produced inside your own ears.
Sufferers usually have a lot of other words to describe it since it soon can become extremely irritating when it doesn't go away.
It is not uncommon to experience some form of Tinnitus from time to time but it usually doesn't last long.
When it doesn't go away and becomes a constant noise it can become life changing.
For a long time no one knew what caused Tinnitus but it is now know that it is a symptom itself of something else going on in your body.
It isn't a medical condition itself or a disease.
There are a few options for people suffering with this problem.
The normal treatment handed out by doctors consists of various drugs like anti depressants, muscle relaxants or sleeping pills.
Sometimes they even recommend surgery in extreme cases, even to purposely make the patient profoundly deaf.
All of these treatments for Tinnitus only attempt to treat the symptom and do nothing constructive to fix the other health problems that gave rise to it in the first place.
The alternative method of treatment is to start living a healthier lifestyle and using some of the more advanced methods to identify what is wrong in your body that is the cause of the Tinnitus.
People who approach the ringing in the ears problem by focusing on the causes often have more success in getting rid of the noise altogether.