Advanced search×

Allergy and its relation to Meniere's disease.

M Jennifer Derebery and Karen I Berliner

Otolaryngol Clin North Am 43(5):1047-58 (2010) PMID 20713244

Ménière's disease (MD), which by definition is idiopathic, has been ascribed to various causes, including inhalant and food allergies. Patients with MD report higher rates of allergy history and positive skin or in vitro tests compared with a control group of patients with other otologic diseases and to the general public. Recent immunologic studies have shown higher rates of circulating immune complexes, CD4, and other immunologic components in patients with MD compared with normal controls. Published treatment results have shown benefit from immunotherapy and/or dietary restriction for symptoms of MD in patients who present with allergy and MD.

DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.05.004
Version: za2963e q8zaf q8zbb q8zc5 q8zda q8ze6 q8zf0 q8zg4

Similar articles you may find interesting…

  1. Circulating immune complexes in Meniere's disease.
    G B GB Brookes

    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 112(5):536-40 (1986) PMID 3485438

    Sixty-six patients with Meniere's disease were studied for possible general immunologic abnormalities. The disease was bilateral in 20 cases, causing active symptoms in 49. Thirty-six healthy control subjects were also studied. Immune activity was assessed by quantitative measurement of the circulat...
  2. Autoimmune inner ear disease--a real entity?
    B P BP Barna and G B GB Hughes

    Clin Lab Med 17(3):581-94 (1997) PMID 9316775

    Involvement of autoimmune mechanisms in sudden-onset, rapidly progressive, bilateral inner ear disease is supported by the following evidence: (1) the inner ear contains immune cells and mediators (immunoglobulins); (2) animal models demonstrate inner ear damage after immunization with inner ear tis...
  3. Allergic and immunologic aspects of Meniere's disease
    M J MJ Derebery

    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 114(3):6 (1996) PMID 8649868

    Meniere's disease, although idiopathic by definition, has been ascribed to a variety of causes, which more recently include autoimmune factors. Interest in the role of allergy in Meniere's disease has also increased. Studies from this institution and elsewhere provide evidence that allergy and immun...