Causes and treatment of Meniere’s disease

  Meniere’s disease, also known as Meniere’s disease, is a medical condition known as inner ear vertigo. The main clinical manifestations of this disease are: dizziness, nausea and vomiting, often accompanied by tinnitus and hearing loss, and dizziness with rotating vision, aggravated by movement or eye opening, and worse in standing position than in lying position.  When talking about this disease, it is important to first know something about the anatomy of the ear: the ear includes three parts: the outer, middle and inner ear. The inner ear is closest to the skull, and there is a membranous canal system (membrane vagus) in the inner ear, which contains a certain amount of fluid called endolymphatic fluid. The main pathological changes (microscopic lesions) of this disease are increased endolymphatic fluid and edema of the endolymphatic system (membrane vagus). The exact mechanism of membranous vagus fluid accumulation and edema is currently unknown. It is speculated that each episode of vertigo may be related to the rupture of the membrane vagus and the entry of potassium-rich endolymphatic fluid into the peripheral lymphatic fluid, which paralyzes the vestibular nerve fibers and causes degeneration of the cochlear hair cells (auditory receptors).  For treatment, bed rest is generally required, appropriate anti-anxiety and sedative drugs can be given orally, while the main symptomatic treatment is vertigo, nausea and vomiting, it is better to have laboratory biochemical tests to prevent water-electrolyte disorders, and finally some drugs to improve brain microcirculation can be given intravenously, so if the symptoms are serious, you should still go to a hospital for comprehensive diagnosis and treatment.