Meniere’s syndrome was uncovered in 1861 when Dr. Meniere, translated into Chinese, a doctor named Meniere, also known as Merriere, performed an autopsy on the balance organs and found abnormal pathological changes in the balance organs, increased pressure, impaired circulation, and failure to maintain fluid levels. In his honor, people have since associated this vertigo with Dr. Meniere’s name, and since then this vertigo has been called Meniere’s syndrome.
Meniere’s syndrome is a disease of the inner ear caused by the accumulation of fluid in the membranous vagus. The disease is characterized by sudden vertigo, tinnitus, deafness or nystagmus as the main clinical manifestations, with distinct episodes and intervals of vertigo. The majority of patients are middle-aged, and there is no significant difference between the sexes of patients.
The symptoms of Meniere’s syndrome vary from person to person, but the main symptoms of the attack phase are: the attack is sudden and can occur at any time, even after falling asleep. The most common symptoms are: when the patient opens his eyes, he feels that the house or the surrounding objects are turning, and when he closes his eyes, he feels that his body is spinning, and when the vertigo is strong, he can suddenly fall to the ground. Most of the patients lie still with their eyes closed and are afraid to turn their head and body if they open their eyes or turn their head during the attack. Most patients have unilateral tinnitus and deafness during the attack, but a few have bilateral attacks. About 25% of the patients have tinnitus and deafness before the attack, and they get worse after the attack.
The remaining approximately 25% develop tinnitus or deafness gradually after the attack. The deafness is neurological in nature, and the tinnitus is aggravated when the attack is violent. The attack is often accompanied by a series of symptoms such as not daring to open the eyes, nausea, vomiting, pallor, sweating, even diarrhea, and low blood pressure. Some patients have headache; generally the patient is conscious.
There are two forms of intermittent periods: one is the sudden disappearance of vertigo and accompanying symptoms, and the other is the gradual change of vertigo to dizziness that gradually subsides. The length of intervals in Meniere’s disease varies from several months to several years, and each attack and its degree varies. And hearing gradually decreases with the number of attacks, eventually leading to deafness.
Meniere’s syndrome is a disease with sudden onset of non-inflammatory labyrinthine lesions with symptoms of vertigo, deafness, tinnitus and sometimes a feeling of stuffiness in the affected ear. The cause is unknown and there is no significant difference in the incidence between men and women. The patients are mostly young adults, but it is rare in elderly people over 60 years old. There are many theories about the cause of the disease, but there is no definite conclusion yet, such as autonomic dysfunction caused by allergic reaction, endocrine disorder, vitamin deficiency and psychoneurological factors, which leads to vascular nerve dysfunction and increased capillary permeability, resulting in fluid accumulation in the membranous vagus, cochlear canal and balloon expansion, stimulating the cochlea and vestibular receptors, causing a series of clinical symptoms such as tinnitus, deafness and vertigo. This disease can be relieved without treatment, and although it can recur with variable intervals between attacks, there are cases where one attack never occurs again.
Vertigo is a sudden onset of intense rotational vertigo without any aura, often waking up from sleep or in the morning. The patient complains that the surrounding objects rotate around him or her, and when the eyes are closed, he or she feels that he or she is rotating in space. The patient is often in a forced position and does not dare to move, but movement may aggravate the vertigo symptoms. During the onset of the attack, the patient’s consciousness is clear. During the attack, there are symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, pale face and drop in blood pressure. After a few hours or days, the vertigo symptoms gradually disappear.
2. Hearing impairment Hearing is fluctuating sensorineural deafness. After the early vertigo symptoms are relieved, hearing can be mostly or completely restored, but it can lead to total deafness due to many repeated attacks. Some patients still have allergy to high pitch hearing.
Tinnitus is a possible aura before the onset of symptoms. The tinnitus is high pitched and may vary in severity.
Most patients have this symptom, or feel that their head is heavy and their feet are light.
Meniere’s syndrome can be divided into eight types, and the typing is an important guide for diagnosis and treatment.
1.Common type, vertigo, tinnitus, nausea, vomiting, sweating and other symptoms appear at the same time, also called common type.
2.First tinnitus type, tinnitus occurs before other symptoms, months or weeks and years.
3.Heavy tinnitus type: heavy tinnitus performance. When tinnitus occurs, vertigo is easy to attack, and when vertigo is heavy, tinnitus is also heavy. When vertigo is treated, tinnitus is not well, and vertigo is bound to recur.
4.No tinnitus type. If there is no tinnitus for more than 5 episodes of vertigo, it is called no tinnitus type.
5.Sudden deafness type. During the attack of vertigo, the pressure is so great that the membrane ruptures and sudden deafness occurs. The deafness is more – side, but it also occurs alternately on both sides. Early treatment of deafness is ideal.
6.Delayed vertigo type, fluctuating, neurological, progressive tinnitus, hearing loss, (vertigo does not occur for a short time) compounding several years or even 20 years before vertigo appears.
7.Hidden tinnitus type, the patient’s appearance shows no tinnitus, but there is blockage, stuffiness, stuffiness, itching and slight pain in the ear, which is a hidden no tinnitus type of Meniere’s syndrome.
8, vertigo state type, more than three episodes in a month, the patient is in a vertigo state, called vertigo state type, also called heavy.
Sudden deafness type, it is a sudden deafness caused by the sudden rupture of a certain membrane vagus part due to extra large pressure. It can be restored at an early stage by taking vertigo Nirvana. Also heavy tinnitus type, vertigo is cured alone, if tinnitus is not cured, it cannot effectively prevent recurrence. Vertigo state type is the heaviest of Meniere’s syndrome. It has a great impact on the organism and is dangerous. Emphasis on treatment should be accompanied by intensive care.