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Meniere’s DiseaseSilence is golden…unless it’s forever!
Table 4
What Does it Do?
Primarily symptoms: severe dizziness (vertigo)
Other Problems
Ringing of the ear (tinnitus)
Hearing loss or eventual deafness
Feeling of fullness or congestion of the ear
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 migraines)
Your parents fault (bad genes)
- causes abnormalities in volume and regulation of endomolph fluid
THANKS MAW AND PAW!
This Disease is Nonspecific
Does not target a specific age race or sex
Usually only effects one ear
Diagnosis
You go to your local otolaryngologist (ear nose and throat Doctor) and they diagnose the symptoms:
Two or more episodes of vertigo lasting at least 20 minutes each
Tinnitus
Temporary hearing loss
A feeling of fullness in the ear
How Do Doctors Fix This?
Doctors cannot cure the disease but they fight symptoms by:
Recommend cutting salt from the diet and prescribe water pills to lower the fluid volume and pressure in the ear
Continued…
Prescribing drugs to relieve dizziness and shorten attacks
Injections of antibiotic gentamicin into the inner ear to reduce dizziness-may cause deafness (sorry )
Other Treatments
Surgery to cut vestibular nerve
Alternative medicine is also used tai-chi, acupuncture etc.
Research
Scientists are working to develop a microfluid pump to deliver vertigo relieving drugs to the inner ear
Doctors seek to study the normal ear to contrast with a Meniere ear in the amount of fluid in the endolymph
Sources
Harms, R. (2010, June 8). Mayo clinic: Meniere. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/menieres-disease/DS00535
Ménière's disease. (2012, Febr 03). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ménière's_disease
Ménière's disease. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/ménière's disease
National institute on deafness and other communication disorders. (2010, September 13). Retrieved from http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/pages/meniere.aspx
Schwartz, S. (2011, August 31). Pubmed health: Meniere. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001721/