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Meniere’s Disease
   Silence is golden…unless it’s forever!
                                  Table 4
 Causes severe dizziness (vertigo)
 Ringing of the ear (tinnitus)
 Hearing loss or eventual deafness
 Feeling of fullness or congestion of the ear




What Does it Do?
 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 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




Why Does My Ear Not Like Me?
 Does not target a specific age race or sex
 Usually only effects one ear




This Disease is Nonspecific
   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




Diagnosis
   Doctors cannot cure the disease but they
    fight symptoms by:
   Prescribing drugs to relieve dizziness and
    shorten attacks
   Recommend cutting salt from the diet and
    prescribe water pills to lower the fluid volume
    and pressure in the ear
   Injections of antibiotic gentamicin into the
    inner ear to reduce dizziness-may cause
    deafness (sorry )




How Do Doctors Fix This?
 Surgery to cut vestibular nerve
 Alternative medicine is also used tai-
  chi, acupuncture etc.




Other Treatments
 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




Research
   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.a
    spx
   Schwartz, S. (2011, August 31). Pubmed health: Meniere.
    Retrieved from
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001721/




Sources

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Meniere’s disease

  • 1. Meniere’s Disease Silence is golden…unless it’s forever! Table 4
  • 2.  Causes severe dizziness (vertigo)  Ringing of the ear (tinnitus)  Hearing loss or eventual deafness  Feeling of fullness or congestion of the ear What Does it Do?
  • 3.  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 Me?
  • 4.  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 Why Does My Ear Not Like Me?
  • 5.  Does not target a specific age race or sex  Usually only effects one ear This Disease is Nonspecific
  • 6. 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 Diagnosis
  • 7. Doctors cannot cure the disease but they fight symptoms by:  Prescribing drugs to relieve dizziness and shorten attacks  Recommend cutting salt from the diet and prescribe water pills to lower the fluid volume and pressure in the ear  Injections of antibiotic gentamicin into the inner ear to reduce dizziness-may cause deafness (sorry ) How Do Doctors Fix This?
  • 8.  Surgery to cut vestibular nerve  Alternative medicine is also used tai- chi, acupuncture etc. Other Treatments
  • 9.  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 Research
  • 10. 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.a spx  Schwartz, S. (2011, August 31). Pubmed health: Meniere. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001721/ Sources