Meniere's Disease (aka Endolymphatic Hydrops)

MENIERE'S DISEASE (AKA ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS) STATS 15 ~157 OUT OF 100,000 MOST COMMONLY STARTS BETWEEN PREVALENCE VARIES BETWEEN 15 TO 157 40 AND 60 YEARS OF AGE CASES PER 100,000 PEOPLE 10% OF PATIENTS WILL GET MENIERE'S IN BOTH EARS A BLOCKED, PRESSURE OR "FULL" FEELING IN THE EARS PRESSURE RINGING RINGING, HISSING OR ROARING SOUND IN THE EARS (TINNITIS) HISSING ROARING TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING IN THE EAR VERTIGO (SPINNING SENSATION) AND DIZZINESS LASTING BETWEEN 20 MINUTES AND 1 DAY NAUSEA & VOMITING DUE TO A BUILD UP OF FLUID PRESSURE IN THE INNER EAR. THIS CAUSES A RUPTURE OF THE DELICATE EAR MEMBRANES THE ESCAPE OF FLUID CAUSE THE VERTIGO AND HEARING CHANGES REPEATED RUPTURES CAUSE LONG TERM DAMAGE TO THE EAR RESULTING IN HEARING LOSS AND BALANCE DISORDERS MUST BE DIFFER ENTIATED FROM Anterior -Canal Brain Spinal cord Posterior Canal Uricle Saccule Horizostal Canal Canalithiasis Cupulolithiasis Vestihulithinsie VESTIBULAR VESTIBULAR NEURITIS MULTIPLE MIGRAINE /LABYRINTHITIS SCLEROSIS STROKE BRAIN TUMOUR CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS INCLUDE RESTRICTION OF SALT, ALCOHOL AND CAFFEINE IN THE DIET serc MEDICATIONS SUCH AS SERC betahistina tabletas 16 mg caja con 20 tabletas SOLVAY VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION IS IMPORTANT COPE WITH THE VERTIGO AND IMBALANCE, AND TO REDUCE THE RISK OF LIFE THREATENING FALLS SEVERE CASES MAY NEED SURGERY, BUT THIS IS A LAST RESORT wWW.DVBC.COM.AU CREATED BY CLEAR HEALTH MEDIA References. http://vestibular.org/menieres-disease http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/pages/meniere.aspx http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1159069-differential