The Ménière's disease is a condition that affects the inner ear characterized by increased pressure liquindi labyrinth (endolymph and perilinfa) with the result of hearing and balance disorders.
The typical symptoms are represented by hearing loss, tinnitus , muffling headset and dizziness.
Most of the time the patient is able to predict the dramatic incident as it is preceded initially wadding ear tinnitus and loss of hearing and then finally objective vertigo.
Diagnosis is based not only on history and symptoms, the painting with audiometric fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss mainly on low frequencies.
therapy uses drugs such as betahistine (vertiserc, microser), osmotic diuretics (glycerol, mannitol), steroids, etc..
In selected cases surgery is indicated with entotympanic infiltration of gentamicin.
