Having hydrops is like walking a tightrope. The ear is very vulnerable, on the edge of losing blood flow. Slight changes, like eating a salty meal (Thanksgiving is notorious for this!) can put you at risk. But hydrops alone doesn’t make the spell happen. That requires a decrease in blood flow in the brain itself. Continue reading “How does vascular disease set off Meniere attacks?”
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Meniere attack causes, continued
Some researchers felt that migraine was all that was needed to cause a Meniere attack, and others thought hydrops was the entire cause. While this battle was going on in the literature, I continued to see hundreds of people with Meniere’s disease.
Meniere’s disease from the inside
The first Meniere attack was so surprising that I didn’t even know what it was. I’d been on a long flight to Maui and landed in a bad thunderstorm. We stopped at a restaurant in the pouring rain to wait out the storm, and I ordered a pina colada to celebrate our arrival. After theContinue reading “Meniere’s disease from the inside”
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