Recently, the British pop diva "Sister Stone" Jessie J broke down and cried in the live broadcast of social media in the middle of the night, and admitted to fans around the world that she was suffering from a "terminal illness" - Meniere's disease, which is not fatal, but there is no cure.
As a singer, Jessie J's professional resume is brilliant, not only won the title of "I Am a Singer", sang the Olympic theme song, and her songs are basically Wang Bang-level songs, and since her debut, she has conquered tens of millions of fans with her natural singing.
"Stone sister" life can be described as a lot of diseases, when she was a child, she was plagued by the "pre-excitation syndrome" of family genetic diseases, from time to time she fainted and fainted, heart failure, and woke up at the end of last year, she found that she was deaf in her right ear, and she could not walk in a straight line, and then a medical certificate made her collapse instantly: Meniere's disease, no cure, must stop work for treatment.
Hearing loss, tinnitus syncope, inability to eradicate, and lifelong medication control are all symptoms of Meniere's disease, which is tantamount to a singer's delay. "I'm afraid I can't sing in the future..." After struggling for half a year, Sister Stone finally made up her mind to disclose her illness, but still did not give up, "Singing is my lifeline and happiness, it is really difficult not to sing", at present she is actively receiving treatment, no matter what, we still hope that Sister Stone can actively cooperate with treatment, early recovery, bring more and better works to everyone, as she sang in "Flashlight", "Tomorrow comes, I am alone, the darkness is boundless, I will sing alone"!
After 1 song, the "incurable disease" that cannot be escaped - Meniere's disease
Ménières disease is an idiopathic inner ear disease, first proposed in 1861 by the French physician Prosper Ménière, it is a dizziness and dizziness disease, is a disease caused by the accumulation of edema in a "hose" called the membrane labyrinth in the human ear, is too much lymphatic fluid in the membranous labyrinth, that is, caused by hydrops in the membranous labyrinth, and is also a very torturous disease, which has a well-known question-and-answer community" Underneath the question of what it feels like to have a disease that cannot be cured but cannot die for a while and a half, there are meniere's disease patients who answer, describing it as "torturing me to survive and unable to die"!
For meniere disease patients, irregular episodes of vertigo, harsh tinnitus, fear of hearing loss, and swelling in the ears are extremely uncomfortable, of course, the most difficult for patients to accept is the fear of "deafness caused by illness", just like a bomb on the head that does not know when it will explode, many patients will also have a fear of psychology, usually have to be careful, do not dare to go out alone, do not dare to drive, in order to avoid the onset of illness and the rhythm of work to be forced to slow down, miserable.
Regrettably, although Meniere's disease has been discovered for 160 years, its cause is still unknown, and the possible causative factors are: various infectious factors (bacteria, viruses, etc.), injury (including mechanical injury or acoustic damage), otosclerosis, syphilis, genetic factors, allergies, tumors, leukemia and autoimmune diseases.
What can be done in diagnosis and treatment is to continuously alleviate the impact of the disease, but it cannot be cured, and the form of disease in different patients is different, which varies from person to person, but most of them have tinnitus + vertigo, and the most serious can cause deafness.
2 Is long-term "dizziness" the case with Meniere?
The ear is an important organ to maintain the balance of the human body, and Meniere's disease destroys the human body's ear, so is it possible that the "dizziness" caused by ear disease may be Meniere's disease?
In response to this problem, Chen Zhiling, director of the Department of Otolaryngology, stressed: In the past, many people would equate vertigo with Meniere's disease, but in fact, there are various diseases that can occur, more are ear-derived diseases, Meniere's disease is only a typical representative of ear-derived vertigo disease, but not all vertigo will be attributed to Meniere's disease.
First of all, to distinguish between the two concepts of "dizziness" and "vertigo", dizziness often refers to the inaccurate spatial orientation, the degree is lighter, vertigo is often a movement illusion, the degree is heavier; in addition, vertigo is generally unilateral onset, dizziness is often both sides of the attack.
Many people once have vertigo symptoms think that there is a problem with the brain, but in fact, most of the vertigo disease is caused by the ear condition, if it is a recurrent episode of vertigo, excluding the cause of the skull, then the probability can be determined that it is the source of the ear, this time you can go to the ear, nose and throat department for treatment.
Specific to Meniere's disease, there are manifestations of "quadruple syndrome": that is, repeated episodic vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus and ear swelling, generally repeated attacks, the time of dizziness is generally between 20 minutes and 12 hours, and then it is relieved by itself, or some people become depressed and uncomfortable, groggy feeling. Most of the onset age of Meniere's disease is about 45-50 years old, which may be related to the greater pressure at this age, the resistance begins to decline year by year, and the blood circulation of blood vessels becomes worse.
It is not very difficult to diagnose Meniere's disease. If you suspect Meniere's disease, the doctor will ask the patient to do a hearing test, because clinically there are often patients who think that their hearing is not a problem but the test results are the opposite, considering that the patient's own feelings about hearing can not guarantee 100% accuracy, the current diagnosis of Meniere's disease usually uses gadolinography magnetic resonance, you can determine whether there is endolymphalysis, Meniere's disease hearing curve is very characteristic, often low frequency, high frequency decline, and low frequency is the mainstay.
3 Pay attention to the symptoms, treatment Menieimo is late
Meniere's disease is characterized by the growth of time, the disease gradually aggravates, while the number of attacks will become more and more frequent, affecting normal life, so for patients, the most important thing is to adhere to long-term treatment, and the psychological construction of symbiosis with the disease, neither do not hold an indifferent attitude, but also do not worry, worry, because long-term sorrow, nervous psychology is more likely to aggravate the dysfunction of autonomic nerve function, thereby aggravating the patient's condition.
At present, meniere's disease is mainly treated with drugs, commonly used diuretics, vasodilators. Diuretics achieve the purpose of treatment by allowing the lymph fluid of the inner ear to obtain a new ion balance; vasodilator drugs achieve the purpose of treatment by improving the microcirculation of the inner ear. Hormones can be used when diuretics and vasodilator drugs are ineffective, mainly considering that Meniere's disease may be related to immunity.
A full range of treatment and conditioning for patients with Meniere's disease mainly includes the following points: a full set of hearing testing and vestibular function testing equipment for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Meniere's disease; gadolinium gadolinography magnetic resonance imaging in the inner ear; tympanic injection; treatment of traditional Chinese medicine; dietary conditioning; psychological and emotional regulation.
In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, Meniere's disease can be classified as "vertigo", and its etiology is mostly due to the weakness of the internal organs, and the disease is also caused by wind, fire, phlegm, wetness and other evils, and there are the following types:
Sputum obstruction: clinical manifestations are vertigo with tinnitus, deafness, chest tightness, nausea, vomiting and severe sputum salivation, and palpitations, loss of appetite, fatigue and fatigue. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen dry and wet, clean sputum and breathe.
Hepatic wind disturbance: clinical manifestations are dizziness, mostly due to irritation, mood and other emotional fluctuations, during the attack there are nystagmus, headache, tinnitus deafness, nausea, vomiting bitter water, and there is impatience and upset, chest swelling pain, less sleep and more dreams. The treatment is to calm the liver and calm the wind, clear the fire and nourish the yin.
Liver fire smoked ears: clinical manifestations are dizzy tinnitus, irritability, red face, dry mouth and throat, insomnia, red cheeks, thirst, yellow urine. Treatment is to clear the liver and relieve dizziness.
Loss of qi and blood: clinical manifestations are vertigo, every attack during exertion, pale face when vertigo, no lip nails, low tinnitus, hearing loss, fatigue and sleepiness, lazy palpitations. Treatment is to tonify qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and tonify the kidneys.
Renal insufficiency: clinical manifestations are recurrent episodes of vertigo, tinnitus and deafness, sharp ringing, and exacerbation at night. And see the spirit is depressed, memory is poor, waist and knees are sore.
Although the causes of vertigo can theoretically be divided into five categories, but the reclinical manifestations are complex, various types of cross-inclusion, Chinese medicine generally uses the method of healthy spleen dryness and wet water during the acute attack, and later adopts the method of improving qi and blood, supplementing the liver and kidneys to consolidate the efficacy, so that the patient's condition is in a long-term stable control state.
4 Methods of care for patients with Meniere's disease
Maintain good sleep: long-term tension and anxiety will also affect the onset of Meniere's disease, so patients must have good sleep, the patient's bedroom is clean and quiet, the light is slightly darker, life should try to maintain a relaxed state, do not be too nervous and busy, if necessary, you can go to the sleep clinic for conditioning.
Drink more water: Although the typical feature of Meniere's disease is hydrocephalus in the inner ear, this does not mean that patients should drink less water or not drink water, drinking more water can help the metabolic balance of the inner ear, help the toxins of the inner ear to be discharged, and help the disease to get better. Foreign studies have proved that the number of seizures in patients who drink more water has decreased.
No salt restrictions: Previously advocated Menier patients to "drink more and less salt", but in recent years, studies have found that how much salt to eat has no direct impact on the condition, theoretically, family members with the same eating habits are prone to the same disease, but Meniere's disease has no obvious family background, of course, for some special groups, such as patients with hypertension, patients with edema, or should be controlled according to medical advice.
Strengthen exercise: Patients should formulate appropriate exercise programs according to their physical conditions, persevere, and step by step, so as to achieve the purpose of enhancing physical fitness and improving disease resistance. Generally speaking, the patient's exercise method can choose to run, walk and other gentle exercises, usually should pay attention to the combination of work and leisure, to avoid fatigue, to avoid mood swings, pay attention to avoid vertigo attacks, bed rest when the onset of the disease, the head should not swing left and right.
Source: Health Care Doctor