Patient's question:
Your friend has had Meniere's disease for a long time. When sitting down, there are no symptoms, but when standing up, they feel dizzy, with everything going black in front of their eyes. Sometimes, when walking, they feel their hands and feet are numb. They also experience sudden dizziness and headaches for no apparent reason. This has caused your friend a lot of pain, and recently, their symptoms have been recurring more frequently. How can you determine if it is indeed Meniere's disease?Doctor's answer:
This condition is characterized by sudden, severe vertigo accompanied by dizziness, which can affect one ear or both ears, along with epilepsy and nausea/vomiting. Therefore, it is also known as "inner ear vertigo." The disease often recurs with distinct periods of relief. The underlying causes are attributed to insufficiency of the liver and kidneys, hyperactivity of liver yang, and phlegm-fire or phlegm-dampness. Ménière's disease is an inner ear disorder caused by hydrocephalus of the membranous labyrinth. The primary clinical manifestations of this condition include sudden vertigo, dizziness (affecting one or both ears), epilepsy, or nystagmus, with vertigo having clear recurrence periods and intervals.