Beginning of Meniere's at an older age

As you probably know Meniere’s disease can start at any age, although the ‘usual’ age range is between 30 and 50. Recently I received a comment on one of my posts from someone who was diagnosed at the age of 65. Now 7 years later the symptoms have really become severe.



Anonymous said...

I was diagnosed with meniere’s 7 years ago. It started with pictures moving from side to side. Then the vomiting started and lasted for several hours. It took months to get a diagnosis. The treatment was Valium and Zofran for nausea. I also had 5 steroid injections through my eardrum. Before this I had already loss 75% of my hearing in the right ear. The hearing did improve somewhat. I was mostly symptom free for several years. Now I have started with more severe episodes than before I have vomited an average of every 3 days since Dec. 20th. I am on a very strict salt free diet, low sugar, also try to stay stress free but how when you never know when an episode will start. I take Valium after I feel the dizziness start. I do have the feeling of eye movements. My Otolaryngolist has observed these movement. Does anyone have symptoms this severe? I'm 72 years old and had no symptoms until I was 65, very few headache. I've been told this usually starts earlier in life and get better with age.



I can really empathize with this person’s plight. I had the injections in my ear, although mine were gentamicin, and I know how painful this can be. And I know it must be very difficult to have an emergence of the attacks after so many good symptom free years.


As Anonymous writes in the comment meniere’s is supposed to get better as you age. But unfortunately that isn't always the case.






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