What is Meniere's disease

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Meniere's disease may not be heard of by all of us. It is a disease that occurs in the inner ear. Generally speaking, it is a disease that is not easy to cure. The most obvious characteristic is that it can make people feel dizzy. Now let's talk about what Meniere's disease is.

What is Meniere's disease

First: Meniere's disease is an idiopathic inner ear disease, once called Meniere's disease, which was first proposed by the French physician prosper m é Ni è re in 1861. The main pathological change of the disease is hydrolabyrinthine, and its clinical manifestations are recurrent rotational vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and ear tightness.

Second, the etiology of Nier's disease is still unclear. In 1938, Hallpike and Cairns reported that the main pathological change of this disease was hydrolabyrinthine, which has been confirmed by many scholars. However, it is difficult to explain how the endolymphatic hydrops is produced.

Third: the known causes of Meniere's disease include the following factors: various infectious factors (bacteria, viruses, etc.), injury (including mechanical injury or acoustic injury), otosclerosis, syphilis, genetic factors, allergy, tumor, leukemia and autoimmune diseases.

matters needing attention

The attack of Meniere's disease is accompanied by vomiting, dizziness and other adverse symptoms. Since Meniere's disease is a kind of disease that is not easy to cure, we should prevent ourselves from contracting it. At the same time, in the early stage of Meniere's disease, we should treat it in time.