MENIER'S DISEASE

85% of sufferers have the complaint in one ear only. The complaint is a disorder of the inner ear that causes deafness, tinnitus and vertigo. Increased fluid in the membranous labyrinth (the balance control canals of the inner ear) causes Menier's disease. This increase sometimes damages the cochlea (a spiral organ of the inner ear that receives a sound and tells the brain what it is) as well as the labyrinth. In most cases why there is an increase of fluid in the first place is not known, but there are not very many cases of Menier's disease in the under 50's...(more)

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