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Ménière's disease is characterized by episodes of vertigo, worsening hearing loss, and tinnitus. A comprehensive hearing and vestibular evaluation is essential for proper diagnosis of Ménière's.
Ménière's disease (MD) is a disease of the inner ear that is characterized by potentially severe and incapacitating episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness in the ear. [3] [4] Typically, only one ear is affected initially, but over time, both ears may become involved. [3]
Dizziness affects approximately 20–40% of people at some point in time, while about 7.5–10% have vertigo. [3] About 5% have vertigo in a given year. [10] It becomes more common with age and affects women two to three times more often than men. [10] Vertigo accounts for about 2–3% of emergency department visits in the developed world. [10]
The study found that the majority of patients with Meniere's disease (104 out of 163, or 63.80%) presented vertigo with their first symptoms, and only 59 out of 163 (36.19%) of patients presented with cochlear symptoms first, such as "tinnitus or deafness."
The signs and symptoms people with BPPV experience are typically a short-lived vertigo and observed nystagmus. In some people, although rarely, vertigo can persist for years. Assessment of BPPV is best done by a medical health professional skilled in the management of dizziness disorders, commonly a physiotherapist, audiologist, or other physician.
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Ménière's disease – causes sensorineural hearing loss in the low frequency range (125 Hz to 1000 Hz). Ménière's disease is characterized by sudden attacks of vertigo, lasting minutes to hours preceded by tinnitus, aural fullness, and fluctuating hearing loss. It is relatively rare and commonly over diagnosed.
Cinnarizine is predominantly used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness, [6] vertigo, [8] Ménière's disease, [9] or Cogan's syndrome. [3] It is one of only a few drugs that has a beneficial effect in the chronic treatment of the vertigo and tinnitus associated with Ménière's disease.