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What Causes Feeling Of Pulse In The Ears In An Elderly Person?

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Posted on Mon, 26 Dec 2016
Question: I am age 80=4 months for 3 months now I have been able to hear my heart beating in my left ear. It is mostly when I am prone on a bed....my utah doctor has tried steriods and a mycian all to no avail Dentist thought it might be infected wisdom tooth which he took out and put me on 500PENVK for 7 days twice ..still no help will I need to see a ENT specialist or a neurologist..lately it seem to be a mass inside the skull betweem left eye and left ea with periodic spurts of pain I am in XXXXXXX XXXXXXX for 4 more days then back to utah. XXXXXXX g jensen ret USAF Medicare/Tri Care Service Connected VA 165 miles from where I reside in Utah
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Erion Spaho (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
I still think Neurologist and MRI evaluations are necessary.

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back and thanks for asking me directly.

To continue our last conversation, and since both CT scans ruled out any sinuses conditions that may cause your symptoms, I still think that you need to see a Neurologist.

Besides this, magnetic resonance imaging of brain and vessels (MRI/MRA and intravenous contrast medium) are necessary to evaluate/exclude any intracranial vascular or other lesions pathology.

Tinnitus or ringing/noise in ear(s), could be also a benign condition, age related, if above mentioned conditions will be excluded.

Hope I helped you.

Wishing you good health.

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What Causes Feeling Of Pulse In The Ears In An Elderly Person?

Brief Answer: I still think Neurologist and MRI evaluations are necessary. Detailed Answer: Welcome back and thanks for asking me directly. To continue our last conversation, and since both CT scans ruled out any sinuses conditions that may cause your symptoms, I still think that you need to see a Neurologist. Besides this, magnetic resonance imaging of brain and vessels (MRI/MRA and intravenous contrast medium) are necessary to evaluate/exclude any intracranial vascular or other lesions pathology. Tinnitus or ringing/noise in ear(s), could be also a benign condition, age related, if above mentioned conditions will be excluded. Hope I helped you. Wishing you good health.