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I think Oranges is spot on identifying your condition. Initially, about 3 years ago I would get out of bed at night searching for running water. Finally I figured out the noise was in my head, coming from my left ear and it was highlighted by my heart beat. I do have high blood pressure which I take medicine for by if it is elevated the running water sound is louder and the noise beats in time with my heart beat. It's a good warning to take an extra bp pill.
Pulsatile Tinnitus can have various causes. On the internet several causes are mentioned. It can be a brain bleed or tumor but I had a brain scan and am fine.
But in my case I think it may be resulting from 2 other issues. One could be from an automobile accident resulting in 3 tilted discs in in my neck. I hit a windshield at age 16 and now in my late 70's the resulting traumatic arthritis in my neck is restricting movement or it could be the severe earaches as a child for which my ear drums be lanced to release pressure.
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I too have had this sound of "water swooshing" and thought it must be a leak, or someone had left a faucet on. Most annoying was that no one else could hear it. I only heard it when I was lying down, usually at night when everything was quiet. It didn't seem to be related to blood pressure. I also had started having hearing problems. MRI of head for the hearing issues showed a problem in inner ear of a bone that had thinned. I can't remember the medical term now but I did read that people with this condition had reported being able to hear internal sounds others could not hear. Such as hearing themselves swallowing. It occured to me that I could be hearing blood moving through veins. Now you mention the issue of arthritis in your spine. I too have that and have very limited movement in my neck. So we both have the ear issues and spinal issue. It could be one or both, a double whammy or neither, but something to consider. Since my lungs have become so bad, I never notice the swooshing sound anymore. It's drowned out by breathing sounds and the soft hum of my o2 concentrator which I have come to appreciate.