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- Meniere disease (idiopathic endolymphatic hydrops)
- Impaired resorption of endolymph causes accumulation
- Epidemiology
- Clinical features
- Meniere triad
- Episodes lasting from minutes to hours
- 3 yes 1 no
- Yes: Sensorineural HL
- Yes: Repeated attacks of vertigo
- Yes: Tinnitus
- No: No neurological signs
- Diagnosis
- Criteria
- >1 episode that lasts 20 minutes to 12 hours
- Low-mid frequency SN hearing loss
- Tinnitus
- Treatment
- Avoid triggers (stress, alcohol, caffeine)
- Low sodium diet
- Rehabilitation
- Bed rest
- Drugs
- First generation antihistamines
- Histamine analogues
- Gentamycin in ear – destroy vestibule
- Surgery
- Labyrinthectomy
- Sacculotomy
- Vestibular neurectomy