Meniere’s disease usually affects one ear, but it may be bilateral in 15% of cases. If not treated timely, Meniere’s disease can lead to a progressive hearing loss.
Meniere’s disease is caused by increased pressure of the inner ear fluid. It is a disorder of the inner ear, which is characterised by episodes of hearing loss and fullness in one ear, tinnitus and vertigo. A correct diagnosis will enable the doctor to offer the right vertigo treatment, which is the only way to give the patient lasting benefit. A neuro-otological workup alone will help to find out if a vertigo patient is suffering from disorders like BPPV, Meniere’s Disease, Vestibular Neuritis, Labyrinthitis, Acoustic Neuroma, Otolith Dysfunction, Vestibular Migraine, Central Vestibulopathy or psychogenic disorders.ĭifferent disorders causing vertigo have different presentations and require diverse treatment protocols. Proper diagnosis of what is causing vertigo/dizziness is possible only when the doctor makes a systematic evaluation.
Therefore, suppressing the symptom is not the solution. It is a fact that 20-40% people are affected by dizziness at some point in time in their life 15% people have dizziness 5% have vertigo in any given year 2.5% of all primary care visitors report dizziness, and 2-3% of emergency visits in the developed world is for vertigo.īut it must be noted that vertigo is not a disease.