Abstract

Fatema Jassim Mohammed AL-Kanani, Ban Mahmood Shaker Al-joda, Saffa sahib Naji sultan

Background: Tinnitus is seeing ringing in the ears. It is affects about 15 to 20 percent of the population. It is not considered a disease in and of itself - it is an effect of an underlying medical condition, for example, age-related poor hearing or an ear injury or a circulatory problem. It is either that the individual hears it and is known as self-tinnitus, or the adjacent individual is known as objective tinnitus
Studies have shown the prevalence of tinnitus worldwide up to 15%, and several studies have shown a relationship between metabolism and tinnitus. Although the mechanics and the mechanism for the etiology are not well known, this study aimed at the HBA1c and the lipid levels; For the purpose of excluding them from the study that is being conducted and studying other effects, we worked on estimating the levels of potassium, copper and vitamin B12; To know the difference between the two groups (healthy and sick).
We found that the percentage of potassium is somewhat lower in the people who suffer from tinnitus compared to healthy people. As for the percentage of copper and vitamin B12, their levels are very low in sick people compared to healthy people. Method: In this case –control study, (50) patients with tinnitus and (50) healthy controls were examined , serum level potassium,copper and vitamin B12 were measured by Atomic Absorption and ELISA . Results: After measurements and comparisons between tinnitus patients control group, results showed high significant differences in potassium,copper and vitamin B12 . And no relation between vitamin B12 and potassium , and strong with copper . Conclution: It was concluded through the study that the possibility of tinnitus increases as the proportion of trace elements in the serum decreases for people because it acts as an important neurotransmitter to transmit sound waves to the brain There is an unclear effect between potassium and vitamin B12, due to the weak absorption relationship, and there are other stronger factors that affect one of them without the other.