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Choclear Ménière’s Disease, or simply Ménière’s disease, carries with it a host of uncomfortable symptoms. Among these, a feeling of fullness or stuffiness, hearing loss, and tinnitus are the most common – and the most bothersome. These symptoms are a result of the increased pressure in the inner ear Ménière’s disease causes.If you have Ménière’s disease and its associated symptoms, your main concern is alleviating them. Dexamethasone, a steroid, has been identified as the best treatment for Ménière’s disease, but until recently the only way to administer it was orally. Unfortunately, taking Dexamethasone orally reduced its efficency while increasing the negative side effects patients experienced.But now a second treatment option exists: The MicroWick. The MicroWick delivers Dexamethasone directly to the inner ear, where it can work more effectively and causes very few, if any, undesired side effects.Inserting the MicroWick is a fairly simple office procedure. It is placed through the ear drum after anesthetizing the ear with a local anesthetic, zylocaine. Essentially painless, the procedure takes about 20 to 30 minutes.A laser makes a small opening in the ear drum over the round window (an entrance into the cochlea, or hearing organ). Because the round window allows medication to pass through to the cochlea, it is an ideal way to deliver medicine there.Then the MicroWick is inserted through a tube placed in the eardrum, with its end resting against the round window. Dexamethasone drops are then placed on the wick, which acts like a sponge transfers the drops to the round window and eventually on to the cochlea. After this initial office treatment, the patient continues to use the steroid drops three times a day for about one month. After treatment is complete the patient returns to the office to have the MicroWick removed.Because of it is easy to place, use, and remove, and because of its excellent results, the MicroWick is now the preferred method of treating Ménière’s disease. If you suffer from Ménière’s disease talk to your Ear Nose and Throat doctor today about the simple, effective treatment!
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Herbert Silverstein, MD, FACS is president and founder of the Florida Ear & Sinus Center and the Ear Research Foundation, in Sarasota, FL. He has been consistently recognized since 1979 as one the "Best Physicians in the USA." He has been a leader in Meniere's Disease treatment for more than 25 years, developing surgical and diagnostic procedures; inventing instruments (such as the Microwick); teaching medical students, residents and fellows; and helping people from all walks of life.
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