Hyperlipidemia damages inner ear cells and induces deafness

In recent years, experts have found that hyperlipidemia is also an important cause of deafness in middle-aged and older adults. Experts remind that the impact of high blood lipids on hearing is a slow and gradual process, and we must be alert to high blood cholesterol “stolen” your hearing.

Mr. Tian, ​​who is 45 years old, has been in good health. Recently, he suddenly experienced tinnitus and hearing loss. After going to the hospital for a series of tests, he excluded cervical spondylosis, hypertension, diabetes, and kidney disease, but his triglycerides and cholesterol were far away. Above normal, transaminases are high. The doctor considered that he was deafness due to hyperlipidemia. After a period of dietary control and drug lipid-lowering therapy, tinnitus and deafness were significantly reduced.

According to Fang Fang, an otolaryngology specialist at Wuhan Central Hospital, hyperlipidemia can cause lipid deposits in the inner ear and increase lipid peroxidation, which directly leads to damage of the inner ear cells and atrophy of the blood vessels, which can cause middle-aged and elderly deafness. Hyperlipidemia increased blood viscosity, increased platelet aggregation, prone to atherosclerosis, there is no collateral circulation of the inner ear artery, blood flow is slow, insufficiency, can cause inner ear microcirculation perfusion disorder, thereby affecting the inner ear hearing.

Xiang Fang reminded that people with hyperlipidemia should actively treat hyperlipidemia and eat less high-fat, high-cholesterol foods. This not only helps prevent atherosclerosis, but also helps prevent deafness.