Meniere's Disease Articles, Information and Resources

In our research throughout the Internet to create this Meniere's Disease website, we have come across some excellent sites and some not so excellent sites.

When we find an informative site that has good articles on Meniere's we send them an email requesting to use the article on our website.  Karin is also a very prolific writer for the health column of an online ezine.  She has written many articles for them over the last few years.  If any of the articles have any connection to Meniere's Disease, we put them up here as well.

Understanding Meniere's Disease: Cause and Effect

Please understand that Meniere's Disease symptoms do not happen in our bodies without a cause and an effect. Conversely, every effect always has some underlying cause: one or more.

This is another phase of awareness. Get in the habit of asking yourself “is this a cause or an effect/result”. Meniere's Disease symptoms are effects/ results of an obvious or underlying, often unsuspecting cause. As you explore this idea more, you will realize that if you don’t like an effect, by analyzing the Meniere's symptoms you may be able to find the cause and deal with them. Low Blood Pressure, Salt and Potassium could both be causes, or symptoms, of Meniere's Disease.

For our purposes, we need to understand how cause and effect are related to hearing, vertigo, dizziness and balance problems (which may be why Meniere’s Disease is also called Vertigo Disease or Endolymphatic Hydrops) …and you will hear this an awful lot, but I wanted to make sure you understand that this is a natural law of nature.

Can Meniere's Disease, or Meniere's Disease Symptoms, be Considered an Auto Immune Disease?

If you accept the fact that Meniere’s Disease is an autoimmune disease, then could you ask yourself why would your body attack itself? Why it would want to? Its constant and continual and automatic response is always to heal itself. This is a scientific fact. So, are Meniere's Disease symptoms such as vertigo, tinnitus, dizziness or other balance and hearing problems part of the cause, or part of the effect?

Chemical  Reactions and Meniere's Disease Symptoms - Could There Be Any Connection?

It is important to realize that your body already has a preset chemical structure. When you make a decision to take any chemical (ANY chemical), you are doing it to change this chemical structure: to feel differently. You may choose to do this yourself or have a health professional advise you on what might be, in their judgment, the best way to create a different feeling. You are seeking a different outcome. You may do this consciously knowing you may have some side effects. Or you may do this completely unaware that side effects might be an issue. But the body always reacts to chemicals going into it or onto it. That is the entire purpose of taking them.

Are Your Sinus Medications for Meniere's Disease Helping You or Hurting You?

Sinus congestion / sinus pressure and blocked sinuses can be one of the symptoms of Meniere's Disease. This article is on the function of the sinuses and why there is a problem when the sinuses don't work properly as well as some things you can do to help relieve sinus pressure.

It’s normal for people to treat sinus problems with all sorts of remedies: drugs, sprays, and other treatments, including saline (salt) washes. The point is that you want to get rid of the symptoms. If you choose to use sprays or drugs, you should be aware of a “dark side” to this treatment and it is the results of something you do with the best of intentions. The dark side is a term called “rebound”.

We also believe that over the counter medications aren't really medications. So you rationalize that there is no harm in taking them...and as they are harmless, but work well, taking more isn't a problem...Right? Wrong! Taking more could do one or two things: make the situation worse or make the whole effort useless. At this point I am speaking mainly about nasal decongestants and allergy products. These are products to help you breathe better when your nose and eyes are irritated and you just can't stand it any longer. So you reach for the sprays or the tablets.

Meniere's Disease and Understanding the Medical Terminology you will encounter along the way.

What this article is about is how to understand what is being said to you by your doctor.  If you suffer from Meniere's Disease understanding medical terminology is particularly important when you are dealing with consent forms for any kind of invasive procedure. You MUST know what is going to happen to you. You are agreeing to something that is going to happen to YOUR body.

I often find myself helping people understand their medical "experiences": helping them understand or translate their doctor's procedures. This article will explain why it's important for you to know these terms or at least know where to find the information.

Could Your Blood Pressure Be Too Low? A Plea For Some Common Sense and Some Sanity

The information and the questions I am going to pose, and the thoughts I am going to share, are meant to make you think. My purpose is to create an awareness of the actions of drugs that are chemicals going into your body. This is a plea for common sense. And this plea is directed at you, the reader, who may have symptoms that are “inconvenient” and you want relief, but at what price. It is perfectly understandable to want relief. When you make the appointment with your doctor you expect that they will provide you with a prescription for a drug to take away those symptoms. You know you will get it. You expect it. You feel it is the right answer. My concern arises from many emails and phone calls that originate from our Meniere’s website.

Meniere's Disease, Hypertension and Stress: A Different Way of Thinking

We are getting a lot of questions about Hypertension, Meniere’s Disease and Stress and this issue of the newsletter answers a lot of those questions and explains some of the interactions between Meniere's Disease, Hypertension and Stress and how it can affect you if you have Meniere's Disease.

If you are affected by either high blood pressure or low blood pressure, do you think it might be related to Meniere's disease? At the end of this article is a short explanation on the proper way to take your blood pressure. There are several easy, quick ways to do this on a regular basis. The pharmacy machines are fine and reliable, but there are a some ground rules.

Meniere's Disease Leads to a Significant Decline in Quality of Life for Patients with Disorder
A University of California-San Diego study highlights disease's impact on physical and mental health.  Meniere's disease is a chronic illness that often affects individuals in the prime of life. Many believe the disorder has a serious impact on the psychosocial status of individuals and their families. For the first time, a new study quantifies health-related quality of life status of patients with Meniere's Disease who have failed conventional medical therapy and are candidates for further intervention and compares their status with other medical disorders described in a similar fashion.