Menieres disease is a disorder which affects the inner ears and is associated with several unpleasing symptoms.  The possible symptoms that one may experience involve a feeling of aural fullness, progressing hearing loss, vertigo and a ringing in the ears.  The symptoms are actually the result of the pressure within the inner ear.

The usual concern of somebody who has menieres disease is to be alleviated of the symptoms that come with it.  The symptom vertigo may be treated with the use of anti-vertigo medication.  It is important that attacks of vertigo are controlled and as much as possible prevented as it can seriously cause damage to hearing, which will eventually bring in another major problem – tinnitus.

It is very difficult to make an assessment on the incidence of this medical problem.  It has been observed that it usually affects men and women who are in their 40’s or 50’s.  It may also affect the younger generation, but the statistics are low and it has been seen rarely amongst children. 

Based on scientific studies, it is believed that this condition may be triggered by a rupture in the membrane of the ears labyrinth which makes the endolymph mix up with the perilymph, which happens to be the inner ear fluid that can be found in the space between the labyrinth and the inner ears.

A usual attack of vertigo for a person with this condition may take around 20 minutes to 2 hours or more.  Attacks may happen in consecutively over a short period of time or for some patients it may not recur even after a year.  Those that experience chronic attacks need proper medical intervention for the vertigo to be controlled.

It may be difficult to fully understand menieres disease because the exact cause of this problem has not yet been determined, which explains why there has not been an identified treatment which can totally get rid of the condition.  But it is always best to seek help with an ENT so the patient may be guided on the proper ways to deal with the symptoms.