Meniere's disease- NEED HELP....?

Question

I need specific information about this disease. What vitamins to take, how to treat this disease and whom to get ahold of for help....(ANY SPECIFIC DOCTORS)....Help please.............

Answer 1

Initial treatment is aimed at both dealing with immediate symptoms and preventing recurrence of symptoms, and so will vary from patient to patient. Doctors may recommend vestibular training, methods for dealing with tinnitus, stress reduction, hearing aids to deal with hearing loss, and medication to alleviate nausea and symptoms of vertigo.

Several environmental and dietary changes are thought to reduce the frequency or severity of symptom outbreaks. Most patients are advised to adopt a low-sodium diet, typically one to two grams (1000-2000mg) at first, but diets as low as 400mg are not uncommon. Patients are advised to avoid caffeine, alcohol and tobacco, all of which can aggravate symptoms of Ménière's. Some recommend avoiding Aspartame. Patients are often prescribed a mild diuretic (sometimes vitamin B6). Many patients will have allergy testing done to see if they are candidate for allergy desensitization as allergies have been shown to aggravate Ménière's symptoms.

Women may experience increased symptoms during pregnancy or shortly before menstruation, probably due to increased fluid retention.

Lipoflavanoid is also recommended for treatment by some doctors.

Many patients consider fluorescent lighting to be a trigger for symptoms. The plausibility of this can be explained by how important a part vision plays in the overall mechanism of human balance.

Treatments aimed at lowering the pressure within the inner ear include antihistamines, anticholinergics, steroids, and diuretics. A medical device that provides transtympanic micropressure pulses is now showing some promise and is becoming more widely used as a treatment for Ménière's.[1]

Surgery may be recommended if medical management does not control vertigo. Injection of steroid medication behind the eardrum, or surgery to decompress the endolymphatic sac may be used for symptom relief. Permanent surgical destruction of the balance part of the affected ear can be performed for severe cases if only one ear is affected. This can be achieved through chemical labyrinthectomy, in which a drug (such as gentamicin) that "kills" the vestibular apparatus is injected into the middle ear. The nerve to the balance portion of the inner ear can be cut (vestibular neurectomy), or the inner ear itself can be surgically removed (labyrinthectomy). These treatments eliminate vertigo, but because they are destructive, they are used only as a last resort. Typically balance returns to normal after these procedures, but hearing loss may continue to progress.

Answer 2

Meniere's disease is related to your vestibular apparatus which is located in inner ear.The best treatment is using specific drugs known as vestibular sedatives and little bit of vestibular exercises so that you can accommodate.The disease needs to be evaluated at a clinic.So consult an otorhynolaryngologist who is colloquially called Ear,nose and Throat (ENT) specialist.

Answer 3

Menieres disease is incurable but you wont die from it. It produces a lot of noise in your head and can give you symptoms of vertigo (dizzyness).

The best doctor to see would be an ENT specialist (Ears, nose & Throat).

I have not heard about any vitamins that will help this condition as doctors normally prescribe Serc pills which help with the vertigo and nausea which is caused.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I got it under control with Betahistine.

Important was also better sleeping medication so I was better rested.

Meniere's disappeared completely.

Answer 5

This is a disorder of inner ear characterised by spontaneous bouts of dizziness/vertigo, ringing in the ear/tinnitus, hearing loss among other symptoms. If not very frequent and intractable, bed rest is usually ok for acute attacks. Prochloperazine(stemetil), cyclizine or other anti-histamines are useful in attacks as well.
Very troublesome cases might require surgical or chemical ablation of the vestibular organ. An ENT surgeon might be handy
Good luck.

Answer 6

go to a ENT specialist - otorhinolaryngologist - ear nose throat surgeon. you need to get a specific drug; some people require surgery although it is not proven what extent surgery if at all will help. vitamins only promote general well being. see the specialist

Answer 7

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