Following are some of the main patterns related to the conditions of Meniere's disease:
1. It occurs mostly in middle-aged males, fatigue, change in mood and lack of sleep.
2. The patient suffers from paroxysmal vertigo and a sensation of rotating around or floating-and sinking, accompanied with spontaneous nystagmus, nausea, vomiting, pallor and cold sweating. The dizziness may last for several minutes or even several hours, but the patient is conscious.
3. Constant tinnitus occurs, which is aggravated before or after the attack of the disease.
4. The patient has sensorineural deafness. it fluctuates prior to and after the attack of the disease. Hyper-sensitive sign to high-pitch sound may occur.
5. The patient has a feeling of fullness in the ear and head.
6. Examination shows the drum membrane is normal. There is horizontal or slightly rotatory nystagmus during the attack. Hearing test indicates a sensorineural hypoacusis and recruitment may be present. The vestibular function test shows that its function is reduced during the period of the attack.
In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.