If you have been suffering vertigo for a while and no treatment options worked, chances are that you have an underlying Ménière’s disease.
Ménière’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear that can lead to vertigo and hearing loss. Worst of all, it is extremely difficult to treat.
Luckily, a study in Acta Oto-Laryngologica offers a solution in the form of a simple, natural treatment.
The exact cause of Ménière’s disease is poorly understood, but it’s linked to an abnormal buildup of fluid in the inner ear. This fluid imbalance disrupts the delicate signals sent to your brain about balance and hearing, leading to those unpleasant symptoms.
A team of Japanese scientists was interested in the effectiveness of the EFET01 device, which claims to regulate these fluid imbalances in the middle ear.
To test it, they selected the patients with the most stubborn conditions they could find. Their participants had either Ménière’s disease or delayed endolymphatic hydrops (DEH), which is another condition related to fluid imbalance in the middle ear that also causes vertigo.
The study, conducted between December 2018 and April 2021, involved 34 patients in total — 32 with Ménière’s disease and 2 with DEH. These patients were then treated with the EFET01 device.
The researchers analyzed the frequency of vertigo attacks and changes in hearing levels in these patients. They looked at data from 6 months before the start of the treatment and compared it with data from 18 to 24 months after the treatment began.
They found what they hoped they would.
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1. The frequency of vertigo attacks decreased significantly in both groups of patients.
2. The majority of the patients maintained their level of hearing throughout the study period.
Therefore, the EFET01 device is effective in controlling vertigo symptoms in patients with Ménière’s disease and DEH. It is also safe and should be considered by patients who had not found any relief elsewhere.
So, what exactly is this device?
It delivers controlled air pressure pulses to the middle ear via a tiny balloon inserted into the ear canal. These changes in air pressure then regulate fluid imbalances in the inner ear, alleviating symptoms like vertigo. As such, it is natural and non-invasive.