Guest guest Posted March 22, 2002 Report Share Posted March 22, 2002 You go, girl! No JAMA article on rosacea is safe from you today! I read the JAMA letter as half tongue-in-cheek, I don't think he's very serious, just making a fun observation. Medical journals publish light letters like this, and some doctors like to write these kind of letters to get something published. Plus, the primary author has rosacea, so we know he's cool. We should track him down and get him in the group so he can share some of my hate mail. Seriously, ringing in the ears (tinnitus) is a weird interesting phenomenon, but it isn't caused by skin changes in the outer ear (otitis externa, like swimmer's ear) which is what the author is hypothesizing. Ringing in the ears happens in the inner ear, and doesn't involve skin. I can't hypothesize a convincing direct relationship between tinnitus and rosacea, but there may be an indirect relationship in some people. Nothing springs to life based on a very quick med reference check, though. Some of you will love this page: http://www.bixby.org/faq/tinnitus/discover.html#tinnitus ....because it gives possible causes of tinnitus as food allergies and mercury in teeth! Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD > Hi, > > I remember some time ago that a bunch of us, including me, said they > had ringing in the ears. I know this is a long stretch, but could it > have to do with rosacea in the ear canal? Maybe Dr. Lazoff could > comment? I found this letter to the editor in the Journal of the > American Medical Assn. Here's a link and take a look if you're > interested. > > http://archotol.ama-assn.org/issues/v125n4/ffull/olt0499-5.html > > Take care, > Matija Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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