Welcome!
June 1, 2009 by Dr. Mike
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Welcome to the Meniere’s Research web site. Chronic illnesses can have a devastating impact not only on the patient, but also on the patients family. In today’s new world of medicine, many consumers have come to realize that they are primarily responsible for their own health care as well as for the health care of their loved ones. This is especially true when it comes to dealing with Meniere’s disease.
Many patients go years before getting diagnosed. Then they often are not given a clear choice of treatment plans. It can be particularly aggravating to try to explain to a friend or loved one, or employer, about Meniere’s. They see you when you are not experiencing an episode and think, “You don’t look sick to me.” Vertigo is to dizziness what migraine is to headache. If you have not experienced vertigo, it is hard to understand how devastating it can be.
We hope that our website will provide you with helpful answers about your choices in treatments once you have been properly diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. These options are based upon the last fifteen years of peer reviewed literature, both in traditional allopathic medicine and in complementary and alternative medicine.
For questions or comments, or to order your complimentary DVD of Health Talk, contact Dr. Michael T. Burcon, B.Ph., D.C., Editor of Meniere’s Research dot com at DrBurcon@yahoo.com or call (616) 575-9990. (The DVD is free, shipping is $5.00 US. We accept Visa, MasterCard & Discover.)
Interesting how this site lists both tradtional and alternative medicine with references to help us decide about a treatment plan. Looks pretty new. Hope more stuff is added soon.
I must admit this has given me an avenue to travel. What would be nice is to have some information as to what percentage of individuals actually have all the the symptoms. For instance, I have everything except the nausea, involuntary jumping of eyes. The feeling of imbalance while driving is a bit scary however. Thank goodness that has subsided.
Ever since being diagnosed with a form of Meniere’s (secondary endolymphatic hydrops) in April, I have been looking for a comprehensive source of information. Thank you for this webpage! My symptoms are typical of Meniere’s Disease but without the vertigo. I only get dizzy if I spin quickly, usually with my eyes closed. My tinnitus is pretty much unchanging, although some nights it is louder than usual. My hearing loss is in the low and mid-frequencies at about -50 decibels (I think). I also hope that many more resources are made available here. I ask that those with good and bad experiences will post comments so that those of us looking for possible solutions can learn from these experiences.