Friday, December 10, 2010

Meniere's Disease

What is it and what are the causes?

It is a disorder of the inner ear. Symptoms include dizziness, ringing in the ears, nausea and vomiting. The main cause of disease is the excess fluid from the membranous labyrinth.
When to go to the doctor?

If you have persistent dizziness, ringing in the ears or hearing if it weakens.
Indications for daily life

The first thing you need to do is a lie and rest. If you must move, do it very slowly. Reduce salt intake. Unwind. Exhaustion, anger, arguments and activities tense, risky, are triggers for the disease.
What should you do

When approaching crisis, avoid intense acoustic or visual stimulation. The room should be quiet and sit not too bright. Avoid sudden movements of the head and neck. No doubt behind unless you absolutely must do. Do not drink more water than necessary. Reduce coffee and tea. Avoid spicy foods, greasy, raw and cold. Do not get in contact with chemicals such as paint thinners. Do not drink any alcohol. Do not smoke.
Traditional Remedies

Drink tea sunflower petals: Ingredients: 120 g of sunflower petals (dried), two tablespoons of sugar. Preparation: Place well washed and chopped petals in a pot with four cups of water and give them a boil, then leave to simmer for 15 minutes. Filter the decoction in a bowl. Then put the pot over petals in two more cups of water make a decoction and more by following the procedure above. Mix the two decoctions. The color is light brown liquid. Place sugar and 100 ml drink an hour after a meal, twice daily for seven days. Keep in refrigerator decoction.

Cover your ears with your hands, placing his pointer and middle finger tips on the point located in the hollow of the neck, outside the two large muscles of the neck, which often touch themselves when you lean forward and bend your head neck. Hit rhythm with peaks at that point for one minute. Gently press your thumb over a three-point located between the toe and thumb at the second, two fingers up the foot.

Press and knead gently with your thumbs for a minute, shallows behind the ear lobe. Knead with your thumb for one minute, point the front of the ear, in the recess that is formed when the mouth opens. Press and knead gently with your thumb, for five to seven seconds, point located between the ring and little finger in the hollow below the joints, the back of your hand. At the same time, inhale and then exhale slowly. Repeat the operation and the other hand. Repeat five times.

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