{"id":2581,"date":"2022-03-02T16:03:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:03:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T00:03:51","slug":"study-finds-covid-19-can-directly-affect-inner-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/study-finds-covid-19-can-directly-affect-inner-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds COVID-19 Can Directly Affect Inner Ear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the past two years, doctors, researchers and other scientists have been looking into the causes and effects of COVID-19. Fortunately, we\u2019re seeing cases dropping and life at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.org\/explore\/downtown-urban\/downtown.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter<\/a> returning to something that closer resembles \u201cnormal\u201d as we learn more about the virus. One more recent discovery is that the novel coronavirus is linked to inner ear problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Symptoms of COVID-19<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/man-tired-fatigue-1280x853.jpeg\" alt=\"A tired man sitting on the edge of his bed.\" class=\"wp-image-2584\" width=\"302\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/man-tired-fatigue-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/man-tired-fatigue-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/man-tired-fatigue-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/man-tired-fatigue.jpeg 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At present, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists the symptoms of COVID-19 as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Fever or chills<\/li><li>Cough<\/li><li>Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing<\/li><li>Fatigue<\/li><li>Muscle or body aches<\/li><li>Headache<\/li><li>New loss of taste or smell<\/li><li>Sore throat<\/li><li>Congestion or runny nose<\/li><li>Nausea or vomiting<\/li><li>Diarrhea<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, research shows that the symptoms <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/hearing\/hearing-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing loss<\/a>, dizziness and <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/ear\/tinnitus\/tinnitus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tinnitus<\/a> (ringing in the ears) can be added as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Why Is This New News?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inner ear problems were likely overlooked at the start of the pandemic because doctors were focused on keeping COVID-19 patients alive. So non-life-threatening symptoms like hearing problems and vertigo were more often disregarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to inner ear researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/scopeblog.stanford.edu\/2021\/12\/01\/covid-19-can-infect-the-inner-ear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Konstantina Stankovic, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>, \u201cOur study showed evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 can directly infect the inner ear\u2026 During the peak of the pandemic, when patients were having more life-threatening complications, they weren&#8217;t paying much attention to whether their hearing was reduced or whether they had vertigo. It was easy to dismiss these symptoms as just being a coincidence, and routine testing for SARS-CoV-2 was not yet available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>COVID-19 \u201cLong-Haulers\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many names for people who suffer from problems related to COVID-19 longer than the usual two-week period, including long-haulers, long COVID, long-term COVID and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By some estimates, as many as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/lung\/news\/20211118\/millions-worldwide-long-covid-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">40% of people<\/a> who have recovered from the initial infection continue to suffer for weeks or months from fatigue, memory problems, joint problems and inner ear problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>How Does COVID-19 Affect the Inner Ear?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not yet known how the COVID virus travels to the inner ear, though some experts speculate that it migrates from the nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve had COVID-19 and are experiencing any inner ear-related problems, it\u2019s important to schedule an appointment with an audiologist right away. For more information or to schedule an appointment with a hearing expert, call <span class=\"company-name \">San Diego ENT<\/span> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ul class=\"related-posts\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/how-hearing-aids-can-help-you-rediscover-your-favorite-activities\/\" class=\"related-post\">How Hearing Aids Can Help You Rediscover Your Favorite Activities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/can-action-movies-cause-hearing-loss\/\" class=\"related-post\">Can Action Movies Cause Hearing Loss?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/how-does-otosclerosis-affect-your-hearing\/\" class=\"related-post\">How Does Otosclerosis Affect Your Hearing?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past two years, doctors, researchers and other scientists have been looking into the causes and effects of COVID-19. Fortunately, we\u2019re seeing cases dropping and life at Downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter returning to something that closer resembles \u201cnormal\u201d as we learn more about the virus. One more recent discovery is that the novel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"For the past two years, doctors, researchers and other scientists have been looking into the causes and effects of COVID-19.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}