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Hi all,

I have a patient I have been treating for about 2 months who presents with

high pitch ear ringing that is constantly there all the time. It varies in

intesity but is never quiet. It has been occuring for the past 3 years and

started very suddenly. The doctors can not find anything wrong and nothing

they

have done has helped. His pulses are typically booming and sometimes rapid

also. The ringing is causing him to not be able to fall asleep at night

because it is so loud and annoying. He also reports that some of the inability

to

fall asleep is that he is thinking about 1000 things all the time and finds

it hard to relax. He can not get to sleep without taking tylenol pm and

even then he only sleeps for 4-5 hours and then wakes and can not fall back

asleep. His face is very red all over all of the time and his tongue is

average

pink with a whitish greenish slightly thick coat color. Two weeks ago it

presented as dry and peeled, last week it presented as moist and not peeled.

For 5E people i see red and some green, hear clip/shout, and get a general

sense of irritation/anger from him. He reports feeling aggrivated very easily

at

dumb things and it is hard for him to let go of the anger once the incident

has past. Also he is having shoulder pain whenever he raises his right arm

to brush his teeth it is very sharp stabbing and boring a 9.5 out of 10 on

the pain scale and it does not have any swelling/redness/hotnes to touch, it

does not change with the weather. I have coached him on drinking more water,

trying to find what ways work for him to relax, doing some deep breathing,

soaking his feet in hot water 20 minutes before bedtime,

Like I said we have been working together for almost two months and he

reports not noticing any changes at in in ringing, sleep, anger/stress, nor

shoulder pain relief. I have worked on his CF of Wood, I have done points

around

the ear (TE 17, 21, distal points TE 3) I have done auricular treatments, and

I am feeling lost because he is one of the first patietns that have told me

that they have honestly not noticed ANY change in ANYTHING (sleep, shoulder,

ears, a sense of calmness.. nothing) He has told me if nothing changes in

the next two visits that he thinks he can not be helped and will stop

treatment. I really do want to help this guy and if acupuncture is not the

best

modality to help him (for whatever reason) I was wondering if anyone had any

ideas about other modalites western or eastern that have had success with an

ear

ringing situation like this. Any thoughts would be appreciated,

Thank you,

Beth

 

Beth Grubb

Licensed Acupuncturist

410-591-2644

SG1532

www.bethgrubb.com