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What Is Ménière’s Disease & What Causes It?

Ménière’s disease affects the labyrinth which is a section of the inner ear and it affects the balance, two parts make up the labyrinth the bony and the membranous labyrinth.

The membranous contains a fluid called Endolymph and is encased by bone, when our body moves along with our head this causes nerve receptors of the membranous labyrinth to tell the brain the body is moving.

It is when there is an increase in the Endolymph and the membranous labyrinth expands a condition called endolymphatic hydrops occurs. It is when the membranous labyrinth ruptures and the Endolymph fluid mixes with the fluid of the inner ear that the symptoms of Ménière’s disease occur.

The Symptoms of Ménière’s Disease

There are several symptoms of the disease which may occur on a daily basis or just every now and again and quite often they can come on suddenly, perhaps the most stressful symptom is the one vertigo which affects the balance the other most common of these symptoms are:


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