Meniere's disease, the symptoms of which may not appear immediately, got its name by the name of the scientist who discovered it. In recent years, doctors have been studying it more aggressively. So, Meniere’s disease itself is already clearly distinguished. The first is a combination of several symptoms that are similar in pathogenetic character.
Syndromes are not independent diseases and most often accompany any serious pathology. Meniere's disease, the diagnosis of which will help to appoint timely adequate therapy, causes severe discomfort in patients, and therefore requires special attention.
Symptoms of the disease
If hearing problems occur periodically, this may indicate that there is Meniere's disease. Symptoms of this disease:
- dizziness;
- nausea;
- vomiting
- hearing impairment;
- loss of balance;
- loss of orientation in space.
Often, the pathogenesis of the disease is accompanied by a violation of the activity of other systems and organs. The degree of intensity of the manifestation of one or another characteristic symptom may correlate. Most often one ear is affected, but the spread of the pathology to the other internal is not excluded. The main pathogenetic link of this disease is an increase in the volume of endolymph. This leads to an increase in pressure in the inner ear, in particular, the influence of endolymphatic fluid on those cells of the vestibular apparatus that are responsible for the balance and orientation of the body in space increases. Strong enough discomfort is experienced by those with Meniere's disease. Symptoms sometimes become more pronounced, up to the point that a person loses normal working capacity, he is not able to perform elementary movements, not to mention physical activity. In this case, the patient is forced to stay at home all the time, lying on the bed, any effect on his body can provoke another attack, in which the symptoms become simply unbearable. In some, the disease proceeds with a smoothed clinical picture, and after some time the symptoms disappear completely, however relapses and exacerbations are possible. A complete hearing loss is also possible, and if both ears are involved in the pathological process, the result of the complication will be total deafness.
Prevention
Specific disease prevention is excluded. It is almost impossible to prevent Meniere's disease. Symptoms sometimes manifest too late when the disease is already running. However, you can reduce the likelihood of a disease. To do this, firstly, adhere to a healthy diet, do not abuse salt, especially if you have been diagnosed with arterial hypertension. Secondly, do not engage in extreme sports that can lead to head injuries, and those, in turn, can provoke the development of pathology.
Treatment
What to do when the diagnosis of Meniere's syndrome is already established ? Treatment for the disease should be mostly symptomatic. It includes taking medications that relieve spasm of peripheral vessels that feed the vestibule-vestibular nerve. These are drugs from the spectrum of anticholinergics. Injections of proserin and strychnine are most often used in practice ; pilocarpine is used to expand the vessels of the inner ear, and papaverine is used to expand the vessels of the brain. If the disease progresses and becomes so painful that the patient cannot live with it, they go to extreme measures - surgical treatment or chemical ablation, using ototoxic antibiotics belonging to aminoglycosides.