有酸素運動で著明に改善したメニエール病進行例の一例

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Patients with Meniere's disease who suffer for long, rarely show complete recovery of advanced hearing loss. I reported a 67-year-old patient with a history of 24 years, whose 60 dB hearing loss lasting for 8 years was cured by continuous aerobic exercise. From the start of exercise, it took 4 months to the beginning of recovery and 7 months till normal hearing, respectively. Although the hearing temporarily became worse when he caught cold and stopped exercise for three weeks, it recovered completely to normal hearing 4 months later, and tinnitus disappeared. This state has been preserved for 8 months. I presumed that aerobic exercise increased local blood flow and prompted restoring processes of the inner ear function.