Update of Medical Treatment in Meniere's disease

Lim, Gil Chai; Kim, Jeong Hong; Choi, Seung Hyo

doi:2012.9.1.33

J Med Life Sci > Volume 9(1); 2012 > Article

Journal of Medicine and Life Science 2012;9(1):33-38.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22730/jmls.2012.9.1.33 Published online June 30, 2012.

메니에르병의 내과적 치료의 최신 지견

임길채, 김정홍, 최승효

제주대학교 의학전문대학원 이비인후과학교실

Update of Medical Treatment in Meniere's disease

Gil Chai Lim, Jeong Hong Kim, Seung Hyo Choi

Department of otorhinolaryngology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea

Correspondence: Seung Hyo Choi, Email: photen27@naver.com

Abstract

Meniere’s disease is a chronic illness that affect a substant number of patients every year. The disease is characterized by intermittent episodes of vertigo lasting from minutes to hours, with flucluating sensorineural hearing toss (SNHL), tinnitus, and earfullness. Although there is currently no cure, patients with Meniere‘s disease are helped by either changes in Iifestyle and medical treatment, or minimally invasive surgical procedures such as intratympanic steroid therapy, intratympanic gentamicin therapy. I want to introduce update of medical treatment of Meniere’s disease.

Key Words: Menier's disease