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Subcutaneous immunotherapy and tinnitus

Question:

1/7/2018
Is there any literature or relationship between SCIT immunotherapy & tinnitus both ears? A patient who has history of recurrent sinus infections is on IT for 6 months, has developed Tinnitis in both ears.

Answer:

My PubMed search revealed one case report (written in German) from 1986. According to the abstract, which thankfully is written in English, the patient developed tinnitus 5 minutes after injection which resolved without intervention within 30 minutes. I also posed your question to a well-known expert on allergen immunotherapy, Dr Harold Nelson. He indicated that he has never heard of an association between SCIT and tinnitus.

Reference: Jablonski K and Tronnier H. Tinnitus as a side effect of hyposensitization treatment. Case report. Derm Beruf Umwelt. 1986 Mar-Apr;34(2):39-41.

Jacqueline A. Pongracic, MD, FAAAAI