Study Links Higher Caffeine Consumption With Lower Tinnitus Risk
Aug 25
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tinnitus, an annoying ringing or buzzing in the ears, was less likely to occur in women who consumed the most caffeine, in a large study of nurses.
Tinnitus can happen sporadically, or in some cases may plague a person daily. The cause is unclear, and so is the reason why caffeine would lower one’s risk of developing the condition, researchers say.
But tinnitus treatment guidelines sometimes advise cutting out caffeine, which may have no basis.
“In the ear, nose and throat literature and textbooks they often tell people with tinnitus to avoid caffeine because it can make tinnitus worse, but there really wasn’t great data to even support that,” said the senior author of the new study, Dr. Gary Curhan, of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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