How is Meniere's syndrome treated?

Ear diseases are a very common type of disease in life. Almost all middle-aged and elderly people suffer from ear diseases to varying degrees. Among them, deafness and tinnitus are common symptoms and have a relatively large impact. Meniere's disease is a relatively rare inner ear disease that causes great trouble to patients' lives because it can cause sudden symptoms such as dizziness and tinnitus, making it difficult for patients to guard against them. Since there are relatively few cases of Meniere's disease, the medical community has not done enough research on this disease, and its treatments are mostly conventional. Let's take a look at how to treat Meniere's disease.

Meniere's disease is an inner ear disease characterized by accumulation of fluid in the membranous labyrinth. The main clinical manifestations of this disease are sudden vertigo, tinnitus, deafness or nystagmus. The vertigo has obvious attack period and intermittent period. Most of the patients are middle-aged, with no significant difference in gender. About 65% of the patients have their first attack before the age of 50, and most patients have the disease in one ear.

1. General treatment

When an attack occurs, you should lie still, avoid being anxious, eat a light and low-salt diet, limit your water intake, and avoid smoking, drinking alcohol, and tea. During the interval period, patients should be encouraged to exercise, strengthen their physical fitness, and pay attention to proper balance between work and rest.

Why is Meniere's syndrome recognized as an intractable disease worldwide? Looking back at history, many doctors from ancient times to the present have studied and treated Meniere's syndrome. Ancient doctors speculated that the pathology of Meniere's syndrome vertigo was similar to the high intraocular pressure in glaucoma. The attempt to treat Meniere's syndrome using the mechanism of treating glaucoma failed. Surgical treatment is only used in a very small area and the results are not ideal. Infusion therapy can only temporarily relieve symptoms. Long-term use of Western medicine cannot cure the disease fundamentally. At the World Vertigo Academic Summary Conference, an authority at the conference said: No effective medicine has been found so far. The surgery mainly focuses on fenestration to relieve decompression. Therefore, Meniere's syndrome is still a recognized difficult disease in the world.

2. Drug treatment

Infusion is a treatment method. Clinically proven to be able to provide relief for some patients, but ineffective for most patients. If a diuretic is added to the liquid, the effect will be better and the infusion can relieve the symptoms of dizziness. Fluid infusion is a palliative treatment because it temporarily reduces the pressure in the labyrinthine lymphatic circulation that balances the organs.