What is Ménière’s disease?

  Ménière’s disease is an inner ear disease characterized by fluid accumulation in the membranous vagus. The main clinical manifestations of Ménière’s disease are sudden vertigo, tinnitus, deafness or nystagmus, with distinct episodes of vertigo and intermittent periods. The majority of patients are middle-aged, and there is no significant difference in gender.  The symptoms of Ménière’s disease are as follows: 1. Vertigo: Sudden rotational vertigo, in which the patient feels that he or she or the surrounding objects rotate, shake or float in a certain direction or in a certain plane, accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, pallor, cold sweat, slow pulse rate, decreased blood pressure, etc. It increases when opening the eyes and turning the head, and decreases when lying still with the eyes closed.  2. Tinnitus: It mostly intensifies suddenly before the onset of vertigo. Initially, it is a continuous low-pitched sound of blowing wind or running water, but later it turns into a high-pitched sound of cicada or steam whistle.  3.Deafness: generally unilateral, aggravated during vertigo attacks and improved during intervals, with obvious fluctuating changes.  4.Sense of fullness in the ear: there is a feeling of fullness and heaviness in the head or ear on the affected side during the attack period.