Meniere’s disease is a disease that affects the inner ear of males and females equally at a .1% of the population generally setting in between 20-50 years old. The etiology is not truly understood and is a catch all of three symptoms collectively. Those three symptoms include Vertigo, Tinnitus, and Hearing Loss. Vertigo attacks vary in severity and length from several minutes to several hours, and usually are accompanied by nausea or vomiting. Tinnitus is another name for ringing in the ears. Medical treatment includes treatments with a low salt diet, diuretics, medications like meclizine for the nausea and dizziness, antibiotics like gentamicin or a steroid can be directly injected into the inner ear to stop the inner ear from functioning, as well as destroying the inner ear vestibular apparatus so that there is no sensation of vertigo again. Another treatment that is non-invasive and natural, is chiropractic care. Upper Cervical Chiropractic care can be very effective at calming down the input into the nervous system that may cause some of the symptoms of vertigo and tinnitus. Call our office to find out more 603.380.9184
What we often find when someone makes their way into our office suffering from Meniere’s disease is that they have a very large postural imbalance like one shoulder is higher than the other, the head is tilted to one side, as well as one hip is pulled up causing a leg length imbalance. This postural distortion leads to their inner ear working harder than it has to, as well as cervical misalignment which can cause vertigo called CERVICOGENIC VERTIGO. We also find that these patients usually have had some sort of head and neck trauma in the past 10-15 years. Often times this trauma is from playing high school sports or from a car accident. The trauma can also be caused by repetitive stresses over 10 years or more, like sitting in poor postures at a desk for 8 hours or more. When patients come into our office, we evaluate them to see how their inner ear, eyes, and cervical spine are relating to one another and if one or more of them is off. Usually we see that all of them are off as they are all and we are able to help. We take 3D imaging of the head and neck to find where the upper cervical spine might be out of alignment and gently correct the Atlas and Axis vertebra to allow for health and healing to return over time. The neck is the freeway through which all the nerves travel to the brain. If you have questions please call our office today at 603.380.9184 Upper Cervical Chiropractic care has helped many patients recover from Meniere’s Disease in a conservative way.
