Abstract
In the past four years, 411 patients of Meniere's disease (162 men and 249 women), who visited my clinic, were treated with stress-management, aerobic exercise without medication, and monthly examination. In 83 patients with recurrent vertigo who were followed for six months or longer, vertigo was controlled in 55.4%, almost lost in 27.7%, occasionally found in 10.8%, and frequently found in 6.0%. In 129 ears of 102 patients who were followed for six months or longer, 47.7% of low-tone loss improved to normal hearing, 33.3% of high-tone loss improved to low-tone loss or normal hearing, 26.6% of all-frequency tone loss improved to high-tone loss or low-tone loss. Extraordinary practice of aerobic exercise was needed to improve high-tone loss and all frequency tones loss. Aerobic exercise may improve endolymphatic hydrops by increasing local blood flow around the inner ear. Taking causative factors of Meniere's disease into consideration, it is suggested that deficient recompense for self-infliction or eagerness influences the emotional center of CNS, which worsens the inner ear circulation, and produces endolymphatic hydrops.
