u/Ecstatic_Fun_8679

Is whooshing tinnitus / hearing heartbeat in your ears a symptom of VSS or should I get checked for something else?

I developed my VSS at just 13yo (which seems uncommon here), but i recently tested positive for Lyme antibodies in my blood and started antibiotic treatment. Do you think it may improve my VSS? I've seen posts saying it does, however I'd like to know whether they're a rule or an exception

In 2021, I got shot in the eye with a foam dart from a toy gun. About a week later, I started noticing a medium-sized oval black floater near the center of my vision (in the same eye). I thought I had eye damage (this was my first experience with floaters), went to the doctor, they found nothing. Is it possible the blow to the eye created the floater or was it just a coincidence?

(For more context I got hit in the evening, it hurt a bit, went to sleep and it didn't hurt in the morning anymore)

Why do way more people seem to have this condition today than say 50 years ago? Why was it recognized as a diagnosis only 2 years ago, when similar illnesses (fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome) are known for way longer? I wonder what changed in the last couple of decades that may be causing it

EDIT: Many have pointed out valid reasons why it's not new, so thank you. I had this notion of it being new and unnatural for a couple of years now and it really scared me.