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  2. Ménière's Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments - AOL

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    If you have ever experienced vertigo, dizziness, ringing in your ears, or sudden hearing loss, you may have Ménière's (men-YEARs) disease. Ménière's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that ...

  3. Dizziness vs. vertigo: What the difference is and why it matters

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    Vertigo can be accompanied by hearing loss because it often affects the nerves that help with hearing. It can also be a sign of an inner ear infection or problems with blood supply to the inner ear.

  4. Vertigo - Wikipedia

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    Blurred vision, difficulty in speaking, a lowered level of consciousness, and hearing loss may also occur. The signs and symptoms of vertigo can present as a persistent (insidious) onset or an episodic (sudden) onset. [25] Persistent onset vertigo is characterized by symptoms lasting for longer than one day [25] and is caused by degenerative ...

  5. Vestibular system - Wikipedia

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    PAN II will eventually cause subjective vertigo in the opposite direction. This occurs several hours after ingestion and after a relative reduction in blood alcohol levels. [citation needed] Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a condition resulting in acute symptoms of vertigo. It is probably caused when pieces that have broken off ...

  6. Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2 - Wikipedia

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    Due to its proximity to the vestibulocochlear nerve, the virus can spread and cause hearing loss, tinnitus (hearing noises that are not caused by outside sounds), and vertigo. It is common for diagnoses to be overlooked or delayed, which can raise the likelihood of long-term consequences. It is more complicated than Bell's palsy. Therapy aims ...

  7. Ménière's disease - Wikipedia

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    The mechanism of Ménière's disease is not fully explained by EH, but fully developed EH may mechanically and chemically interfere with the sensory cells for balance and hearing, which can lead to temporary dysfunction and even to death of the sensory cells, which in turn can cause the typical symptoms of MD – vertigo, hearing loss, and ...

  8. Balance disorder - Wikipedia

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    Causes of dizziness related to the ear are often characterized by vertigo (spinning) and nausea. Nystagmus (flickering of the eye, related to the Vestibulo-ocular reflex [VOR]) is often seen in patients with an acute peripheral cause of dizziness. [citation needed] Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) – The most common cause of vertigo ...

  9. Vestibular schwannoma - Wikipedia

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    The most common early symptoms of these intracanalicular (IAC) VSs are gradual hearing loss and a feeling of fullness in the affected ear, some imbalance or dizziness, and tinnitus (ringing or other noise in the ear). [13] Gradual single-sided hearing loss in the high frequencies is the first most obvious symptom for the great majority of ...