Meniere’s disease and Allergies

Recently, someone wrote a comment on one of my posts about the connection between Meniere’s disease and allergies. In one past post I briefly mentioned that allergies played a role in meniere’s. After doing a little more research it seems there is more to be said about meniere’s and allergies.

As many of you know, the reason you have meniere’s is as uncertain as the ways to relieve the symptoms. The general reason has always been due to excess fluid in the inner ear, but of course other doctors disagree saying that it could be due to an immune disease like herpes simplex. But one idea that should be discussed is whether meniere’s is caused by allergies.

An allergy is something that plays havoc with our immune system, not necessarily right away but it does cause a bad reaction like a skin rash. So that is interesting because there again is a connection between an immune disease, which could cause meniere’s, and allergies that affect the immune system.

A study done by a Dr. Jennifer Nerebery found that people with inhalant allergies or food allergies have a higher rate of meniere’s than those who don’t. The study concluded that dietary restriction and immunotherapy have benefited Meniere’s patients.

One report that I read didn’t think there was much evidence to connect meniere’s with allergies because only 1 in 3 meniere’s patients tested positive for allergies. Well, the problem with that logic is that most people with meniere’s aren’t tested for allergies at least I wasn’t. So this might be a case were there hasn’t been a lot of research done concerning allergies and meniere’s. As I have said before you shouldn’t rule out anything in regards to meniere’s whether it is a cure or a cause.

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