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Ménière's disease is usually characterized 4 symptoms.
1) Periodic episodes of rotatory vertigo or dizziness.
2) Fluctuating, progressive, low-frequency hearing loss
3) Tinnitus
4) A sensation of "fullness" or pressure in the ear.
Periodic episodes of rotatory vertigo or dizziness.
Periodic attacks of vertigo ( the so-called Ménière's "attack") is the most
disruptive of the symptoms to the patient. It is usually the vertigo attack
which causes the patient to seek medical treatment. Typically, vertigo
occurs in the form of a series of attacks over a period of weeks or months,
interspersed by periods of remission of variable duration. The attack
consists of a period of dizziness or vertigo (dizziness may include a
feeling of unsteadiness; the term vertigo is normally reserved for the
perception of spinning). The sensation of spinning may produce nystagmus (a
beating of the eyes from side to side), nausea, vomiting, sweating and all
the symptoms normally associated with extreme motion sickness. The onset of
vertigo may be preceded by a sensation of fullness or pressure in the ear,
increased hearing loss and tinnitus, as described below. The onset is
frequently sudden, reaching peak intensity within minutes and lasting for an
hour or more before subsiding. Unsteadiness may persist for the following
hours or days.
Vertigo must be one of the worst chronic afflictions to affect the body. The
vertigo patient perceives either that the world is spinning around them or
that they themselves are spinning. With many other disabilities, some
portion of a normal life can be continued. Vertigo disrupts virtually every
aspect of life, since the patient loses the ability to do anything normally,
especially when movement is involved. In addition to the obvious hazard of
falling, moving around is hampered by the fact that even small head
movements often make the spinning sensation worse. The resulting nausea,
sweating and vomiting combine to make the patient subjectively very "ill".
Vertigo can totally incapacitate the individual, so they cannot function.
Often the patient will confine themselves to bed until the symptoms subside.
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