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Could it be Ménière's disease help??

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julie88435
julie88435

I'm asking for your advice before I approach my GP ... for 12 years now (since the age of 25) I have experienced labrynthritis as diagnosed by my GP a few times, I have also experienced several ear infections which I never experienced before this age!

I attended for a hearing test a year ago as I keep on getting a muffled ear and a full feeling and tinnitus. The results showed that I had moderate hearing loss, therefore I was directed to my GP for further investigation. I attended for a hearing test where an audiologist reported that I had hearing loss as I had been in noisy environments. I argued this as I have worked in healthcare all my life and was a parent from the age of 19 so never partied hard nor worked in noisy environments ... following this test a consultant wrote to me saying my hearing was normal!

For the last year I keep getting sudden periods of dizziness, fullness in the ears and a muffled sensation when this happens I experience really annoying tinnitus by the time I get a GP appointment it resolves.

It is beginning to get me down a bit after being told off by an audiologist regarding my non existent noise impact and then after being told by 2 audiologist that my hearing is impaired to be told by an olantarinalgist that my hearing was fine .. I feel a bit of a fraud. Reading into this I can identify with Ménière's disease.

Are these symptoms that anyone who experiences Ménière's can identify with at all? Thank you.

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  • eleftherio33095
    eleftherio33095 julie88435

    Posted

    Do you the audiogram, and if so can you send it to me?  If you do not have it, can you tell me if the hearing loss was in the low or high frequency range?

    Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN

    Clinical Neurophysiologist

    Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology

  • tanney
    tanney julie88435

    Posted

    Hi Julie.  Please read through some of the other discussions on this forum and you will find that the classical symptoms of Meniere's Disease are:

    1. vertigo

    2. ear fullness/pressure

    3. tinnitus

    4 hearing loss

    The type of hearing loss will confirm the diagnosis.  MD patients have hearing loss in the LOW decible range. 

    My suggestion to you is to see an ENT (ear/nose/throat) doctor who will administer a hearing test and be able to interpret it for MD diagnosis.  If you do have MD, the ENT will likely prescribe a diuretic med (water pill) and a sedative like Ativan that helps calm inner ear flairups. 

    Let us know what you find out after the ENT visit and we can help you cope with whatever your illness is smile   GOOD LUCK!

  • michelle11012
    michelle11012 julie88435

    Posted

    There is a test that can be done. My ENT did mine. It does sound like you may have Menieres. After confirming he said nothing could be done. i have researched alot. have mixed feelings on injections. Watching salt in take helps. It has been 8 years since i was diagnosed. i am still at a loss with all this. it is a daily struggle. some are better than others. Hope you find out for sure.
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