Meniers Disease

2018-12-01 13:32:38
Have profound hearing loss to 90% in left ear from childhood ,use to had vertigo once or twice a month and tinnitus from childhood  but from last 2 years got meniers disease ,faced very rough time in starting continue dizziness and imbalance unsteady was not able to walk for 6 months properly ,docs applied grommet and put dexona 2-2 drops on regular basis got recoverd almost 70% but again dizziness started gets trigger from almost anything , now the docs are saying the final step is only of applying gentamicin injection and making ear dead so that dizziness can be stop but hearing loss will be 100% . I wanna ask is it the only step except surgery if it is , do it have any other side effect or is it  successful.
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You seem to be having intractable menieres disease. Confirmation of diagnosis can be done by electro cochleography and caloric test. Intra tympanic gentamycin may work but not always. Final option would be to undergo selective vestibular nerve section

Answered2018-12-01 17:22:16

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