What is Menieres Disease
Meniere's disease (or syndrome, since its cause is unknown) was first described by French physician Prosper Meniere in 1861. It is a balance disorder of the inner ear.
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Hi everyone,
I've just joined. I was searching through the net for treatments for tinnitus when I came accross this forum. I wondered if anyone had had the vestibular nerve section recently? I had the surgery about 11 weeks ago on my left ear. I can walk about okay now and the balance isn't too bad. I still get 'light headed' when I move my head in any direction and the tinnitus in my left ear is no really loud. I've been told it's just a question of time, maybe 6 months before the light headedness subsides. Anyone out there know anything about the recovery for this op? Posted on 05/14/09, 09:05 am |
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Hey dave, hope this finds you doing better than ever!
I had the surgery in dec 04, it takes a good long year to recover, but it does get better each month, elevators bothered me for about 3 years, still cannot stand looking down from a high building, throws everything off. other than that im 110% better....be prepared, you can still have some attacks, i do especially if i get sick or hurting really bad, i will have one, but not the debilitating ones i was used to, doc gave me some new med for nausea and dizziness and in 20 minutes its all gone! Let me know how you are doing 
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It's becoming common knowledge that Meniere's is caused by a viral infection and can be cured in 85%~90% of cases by taking Valtrex 1000mg three times a day or Zovirex 800mg five times a day for 4~6 weeks. These drugs are not even mentioned by most ENTs could lead many a reader to consider drastic, ineffective and irreversible surgical management which is still being pushed bymany lagging doctors. See Sources I have added:
"Effectiveness of Acyclovir on Meniere's Syndrome III Observation of Clinical Symptoms in 301 cases," Mitsuo Shichinohe, M.D., Ph.D., The Sapporo Medical Journal, Vol. 68, No. 4-6, Cases of 301 MD patients treated with antiviral meds The results were: In 82.5% of cases diagnosed as Meniere's Disease, 85% of cases diagnosed as Meniere's Syndrome, and 89.1% of cases diagnosed as vestibular dysfunction, vertigo disappeared, and tinnitus and hearing were improved. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Morphological and clinical evidence supports a viral neuropathy in Ménière's disease (MD). Quantitative examination with transmission electron microscopy of vestibular ganglion cells excised from a patient with MD revealed viral particles enclosed in transport vesicles. Antiviral treatment controlled vertigo in 32 of 35 patients with MD (91%). PMID: 19142031 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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