Meniere’s Disease

Silence is golden…unless it’s forever!

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What does it do?

• Causes severe dizziness (vertigo)

• Ringing of the ear (tinnitus)

• Hearing loss or eventual deafness

• Feeling of fullness or congestion of the ear

• http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/pages/meniere.aspx

Why me?

• There is a buildup of fluid in the labyrinth of the inner ear

• The balance is in the semicircular canals which are affected

• Normal balance of endomolph fluid is thrown off

Why does my ear not like me?

• NOBODY KNOWS!!!

• Some researchers believe it is caused by a restriction of blood vessels (also associated with migranes)

• Your parents fault (bad genes)

- causes abnormalities in volume and regulation of endomolph fluid

This disease is nonspecific

• Does not target a specific age race or sex

• Usually only effects one ear