1988 Volume 47 Issue Suppl-4 Pages 115-119
Many patients with Meniere's disease (53.1%) also have other underlying diseases. Our previous study showed that the stage of healing in Meniere's disease could be evaluated from the improvement of such background factors through a 5-year study of attacks of vertigo in 15 patients by correlating the changes in the background factors with the treatment. In this recent study, we re-examined the justifiability of our previous findings by a secound 5-year observation of the same patients-a total of 10 years.
The recurrence of Meniere's disease triggered by new background factors we called "new pathopoiesis" and recurrences triggered by the same background factors "recidivation". The results of this study justified our healing stage evaluation standard mearly perfectly.
Further research to clarify the highly related back-ground factors in this disease is needed.
