Hi - Does this always progress to vertigo? I had one episode of aural fullness and low frequency hearing loss 3 years ago, then no episodes till August 2015 then 6 episodes between August and November 2015. Now today I woke up with first episode in 5 months. No vertigo as of today. I started taking an antihistamine in December and thought it was keeping attacks at bay so I was very discouraged to wake up again with this. I've been low sodium religiously since August. What can I expect going forward? Thank you. Susan
Susan, often it does proogress to include vertigo and permanent hearing loss but not always. My dr told me to do whatever i could to reduce the number of episodes because each episode reduced the elasticity of the inner ear and took it a step closer to classic menieres (vertigo). I was diagnosed 9 years ago with cochlear hydrops. At that time it was progressing. Antivirals and allergy shots stopped the progression and returned my hearing loss. I was treated by my family dr in pennsylvania and dr derebery at house ear clinic in LA. Good luck.
I just saw Dr. Derebery and she thinks i have Cochlear Hydrops and prescribed diuretic (dyazide) and a low sodium diet (under 1500/mg/day). She hasn't prescribed any antivirals.. but that makes sense since she doesn't think it has anything to do with a virus... The other ENT still thinks it's a virus and has ordered a bunch of blood work. June - Did Dr. Derebery tell you that it does usually lead to Menieres? Do you get bouts of hearing loss? SueB - How are you doing?
Hi I am also being treated by Doctor Dereberry for cochlear hydrop. I asked her if it will lead to the classic meniere, she told me no. When I first started seeing her, she always put me on diuretics and sodium 1500mg/day but I really didn't think it's working. Sometimes I don't even eat and still have fullness in my ear. I saw another doc and was prescribed Valtrex for 3000mg/day. It worked a little but I wasn't able to keep the fullness at bay. I went back to Dereberry and She switched me from Valtrex to famvir. I'm not having a good result with famvir so far. I'll try to make another appointment with her