Avaliação dos distúrbios no metabolismo dos carboidratos em pacientes com zumbido atendidos em um serviço de referência em otorrinolaringologia no Amazonas

Abstract

Tinnitus is a sensation of sound perceived by the individual in the absence of external sound stimuli. Objective: evaluate the prevalence of changes in the metabolism of carbohydrates in tinnitus patients treated at a referral center for ENT and cervicofacial surgery in the city of Manaus. This is an observational, cross-sectional and prospective study of application and analysis of data from forms of patients with tinnitus. We evaluated 21 patients with tinnitus and 52.4% female. The patients had between 31 (minimum age) and 86 years (maximum age), with a mean of 53. The most frequent buzzing sound descriptions were wheezing (33.3%), zum (14.3%) and whistle ( 14.3%). Of assessed, 28.6% reported bilateral tinnitus with greater intensity on the left, 28.6% were suggestive of blood glucose diabetes mellitus and 9.5% had impaired glucose tolerance. It was found that 38.1% of patients showed blood glucose above the normal value, and in 28.6% values were suggestive of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Keywords: Blood glucose; glucose; tinnitus; type 2 diabetes mellitus