Chiropractic Care for Meniere's Disease

Abnormal fluid flow and accumulation of fluid within the inner ear (labyrinth) can interfere with your sense of balance and prevent the inner ear from sending auditory signals to the brain. When dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus and muffled hearing is not caused by an ear infection or damage to inner ear mechanisms, your upper cervical chiropractor in Marysville may diagnose you with Meniere's disease. Anxiety and nausea produced by attacks of vertigo and/or dizziness are treated by primary care physicians with anti-anxiety and anti-nausea medications. However, medications may not help prevent future attacks. Here are some recognizing signs of Menier's disease.

Episodic Rotational Vertigo

Accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting, episodic rotational vertigo is a classic sign of Meniere's disease that makes it seem like your environment is spinning rapidly around you. Vertigo attributed to Meniere's may last 30 minutes or several hours and can be extremely disabling. Following an attack of vertigo, you may sleep for a long time and continue experiencing dizziness for several days.

Tinnitus

A buzzing, roaring or ringing sound in your ear may accompany a vertigo attack if you have Meniere's disease. Tinnitus can also be present without a diagnosis of Meniere's disease.

Muffled Hearing/Hearing Loss/Ear Fullness

People with Meniere's disease often suffer lower frequency hearing loss that makes louder noises sound distorted and even uncomfortable. Also, an unpleasant feeling of ear fullness and pressure within the ear usually occurs before an attack of episodic rotational vertigo.

Upper Cervical Chiropractic Can Offer Relief For Meniere's Disease

Many people suffering from Meniere’s disease for years have found relief by visiting their upper cervical chiropractor in Marysville for specific treatment in the upper cervical spine to allow for optimal function in their spine and nervous system.

Symptoms of Meniere's disease are linked to dysfunction of the vestibulocochlear nerve in the ear, a balance and hearing processing nerve starting in the brainstem and extending into the inner ear. If this nerve is compressed by misaligned cervical (upper neck) vertebrae, vertigo, dizziness and hearing problems may affect you chronically and significantly reduce your quality of life.

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