Ménière ‘s disease is a syndrome that affects the inner ear. It develops due to an increase in endolymph in the labyrinth or an inflammation of the same. This disease is characterized by episodes of vertigo, which are often accompanied by tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hearing loss. On the other hand, hearing loss is fluctuating and evolves over the years to irreversible hearing loss or deafness.
Mérière’s disease was described by Prosper Ménière, a French physician, in 1861. The doctor pointed out for the first time a lesion in the inner ear as the cause of a vertiginous crisis, that is to say, of clear labyrinthine etiology. Usually this disease affects only one ear. It can occur at any age, but it is more prevalent in adults between 40 and 60 years of age.
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