Rhinitis may cause tinnitus. The pathogenesis of tinnitus caused by rhinitis is as follows:

There is an eustachian tube between the human ear and the nasal cavity. In the process of rhinitis, the stimulation of inflammation can lead to obvious swelling of nasal mucosa, thus blocking the lower mouth of the eustachian tube, affecting the drainage function of the eustachian tube, and further leading to excessive accumulation of secretions in the middle ear canal and tympanic cavity, leading to an increase in the pressure of the middle ear canal. The pressure change in the middle ear canal can stimulate the inner ear nerve and tympanic membrane, causing tinnitus symptoms. If the patient's tinnitus is accompanied by clinical manifestations such as ear congestion and hearing loss, it is considered that rhinitis has caused secretory otitis media.

When the condition of rhinitis is not effectively controlled, the inflammation in the nasal cavity can go up to the middle ear canal through the eustachian tube to cause inflammatory lesions, and the direct stimulation of inflammation to the inner ear nerve and tympanic membrane can also cause tinnitus symptoms. If the patient has clinical manifestations such as ear canal pain, pus in the ear and hearing loss during tinnitus, otitis media should be considered more.

In the process of rhinitis, the stimulation of pathogens and their secretions to human body can also cause fever stress reaction. Fever will affect the self-regulation function of human central nervous system or inner ear nerve, and also cause tinnitus symptoms.