menieresdisease2 120207070211-phpapp02
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Meniere’s DiseaseSilence is golden…unless it’s forever!
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What Does it Do?
Primarily symptoms: severe dizziness (vertigo)
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Other Problems
Ringing of the ear (tinnitus)
Hearing loss or eventual deafness
Feeling of fullness or congestion of the ear
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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
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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
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THANKS MAW AND PAW!
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This Disease is Nonspecific
Does not target a specific age race or sex
Usually only effects one ear
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Diagnosis
You go to your local otolaryngologist (ear nose and throat Doctor) and they diagnose the symptoms:
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Two or more episodes of vertigo lasting at least 20 minutes each
Tinnitus
Temporary hearing loss
A feeling of fullness in the ear
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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
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Continued…
Prescribing drugs to relieve dizziness and shorten attacks
Injections of antibiotic gentamicin into the inner ear to reduce dizziness-may cause deafness (sorry )
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Other Treatments
Surgery to cut vestibular nerve
Alternative medicine is also used tai-chi, acupuncture etc.
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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
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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/