Meniere's disease severely affects the inner ear and, in turn, your balance system. This condition can be very frustrating to cope with. Meniere's disease can be quite unpredictable in duration and severity. It can affect individuals at varying degrees. Its symptoms may come and go anytime without warning.
Some people with Meniere's disease simply find it just annoying and go on with their regular routines. However, many others find it completely crippling. As this disease progresses, it may eventually lead to complete deafness and cause a permanent imbalance of the inner ear because of excessive fluid build-up. Therefore, proper care for your Meniere's disease is a high priority.
A classic case of this condition has these four primary symptoms:
This symptom can last for a few minutes or several days. It can be dangerous, mainly when you are operating heavy machinery, driving a car, or climbing a ladder. We highly recommended for you to sit or lie down whenever you feel this particular symptom hits. Doing so will help you prevent injuries due to falls or accidents.
It is a ringing, buzzing, roaring, or hissing noise in the ears that ranges from mild to unbearable. It is known to cause migraine attacks as well.
It may occur in one or both ears depending on the type of episode you are experiencing. The duration and frequency of the hearing loss episode vary from person to person.
Your ears may endure pressure, or feel swollen, or popped. It is quite unpredictable how long this experience may last.
Researchers have yet to reveal the exact cause of Meniere’s disease, but many theories suggest that a build-up of fluid in the inner ear is likely the cause. Here’s a list of some of the factors that could cause this to happen. A combination of these factors may be involved.
Here are a few suggestions to try at home. These can help reduce the incidence and severity of Meniere’s disease.
This advice may sound counterproductive since Meniere’s disease is the result of too much fluid retention in the inner ear. However, if the cause of your Meniere’s has to do with a pathogen, bacteria, or virus, then consuming more water can actually flush these things out of the body.
By keeping the water in your body well-balanced, you are helping the body proactively remove excess salts through urination. As a result, toxins are flushed out as well.
Both of these substances are stimulants. In other words, they both intensify your symptoms. For example, caffeine and nicotine can both extend how long the hearing loss will last. It can also affect how severe your vertigo will become and possibly increase your tinnitus severity. Avoid these substances as much as you can.
Sodium retains water in the body. Since one of the underlying factors with Meniere’s is excess fluid in one or both of the ears, reducing salt intake has been able to help some patients to experience fewer or less severe attacks. It’s not a Meniere’s cure, but it can make the condition easier to live with.
MSG stands for monosodium glutamate. It is a flavor enhancer commonly used in Asian food. Both MSG and sugar substitutes (like aspartame) become linked to the onset of Meniere’s disease. These substances are hard to avoid if you regularly consume processed food. However, healthy, organic, and natural food is free from them. So, choose your food well.
Carbs or carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars that increase how much insulin is in your blood. Protein is responsible for releasing glucagon in the body. Protein also regulates how much insulin the body has. Regulating your insulin contributes to managing Meniere’s disease.
These include any food that is difficult to digest or those that mimic allergenic substances. Consuming mild or easily digestible foods are the right choice if you have Meniere’s disease.
Examples of inflammation-causing foods:
High amounts of stress can trigger a Meniere’s attack or make symptoms worse. While you can’t eliminate all stress – and we can sometimes become stressed out about good things (if you’ve ever planned a wedding, you know what we’re talking about) – it is important to have good stress coping techniques. As you have already seen from our list, alcohol and tobacco are just going to make things worse. Try using stress relieving methods such as:
The usual reaction that people get whenever they hear about a different way of care for some health condition is the question, does it work? Here's proof that upper cervical chiropractic care works in helping people with Meniere's disease. There was a clinical case study, and it involved 139 patients with Meniere’s disease. All of the patients had one thing in common. Each one had a misaligned vertebra at the top of their necks. Each patient received an adjustment specifically tailored to their needs by an upper cervical chiropractor. Of these patients, 136 of them experienced a considerable improvement in their symptoms. Some of them also reported their Meniere's went away completely.
Upper cervical chiropractic care focuses on the proper alignment of the upper cervical spine's top two bones, the atlas (C1) and axis (C2). If these vertebrae remain out of alignment, they can put undue pressure on the brainstem, which will cause it to send confusing signals to the brain. Thus, that can very easily cause the symptoms of Meniere's disease. Correcting this problem at its root cause can be just the precise answer to all of your concerns about Meniere's disease.
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