Temperature or humidity changes can trigger the membranes inside your nose to swell and cause a runny or stuffy nose. Infections. A common cause of nonallergic rhinitis is a viral infection â a cold or the flu, for example. Foods and beverages. Nonallergic rhinitis may occur when you eat, especially when eating hot or spicy foods. Drinking alcoholic beverages also may cause the membranes inside your nose to swell, leading to nasal congestion. Certain medications. Some medications can cause nonallergic rhinitis.
I have experienced the same since spring of 2007 - after negative testing for everything else, I had a positive Western blot test for Lyme disease. Infection with the Lyme bacteria can cause this sort of internal vibration-a type of paresthesia (peripheral nerve sensation).
The waves cause your eardrum to vibrate. It passes these vibrations on to the hammer, one of three tiny bones in your ear. The hammer vibrating causes the anvil, the small bone touching the hammer, to vibrate. The anvil passes these vibrations to the stirrup, another small bone which touches the anvil. From the stirrup, the vibrations pass into the inner ear. The stirrup touches a liquid filled sack and the vibrations travel into the cochlea, which is shaped like a shell. Inside the cochlea, there are hundreds of special cells attached to nerve fibers, which can transmit information to the brain.