Dizziness, Pounding Ears, Vomiting Sensation, Disoriented Feeling. Diagnosed Labryinthytis, No Help From Medications. Help

hello,
Thank you for consulting HCM.You need to know about the disease in detail before you worry about the disease.It is an inner ear or unilateral vestibular dysfunction.It is usually caused by virus but can also be caused by bacteria,head injury,stress,allergy,medications.It is cured most effectively by vestibular rehabilitation therapy.In my view you need to take that.Usually it takes 6weeks for recovery but residual symptoms will last for months even years if there is permanent damage.Thank you.

Hello Good Evening,

Since you have diagnosed with Labyrinthitis, so I am hereby describing it, in brief:

-It is an ailment of the inner ear and a form of unilateral vestibular dysfunction.
-It can cause balance disorders, vertigo, hearing loss and tinnitus.
-It is usually caused by a virus, but it can also arise from bacterial infection, head injury, extreme stress, an allergy or as a reaction to medication.
-Both bacterial and viral labyrinthitis can cause permanent hearing loss.
-It often follows an upper respiratory tract infection (URI).

Recovery from acute labyrinthine inflammation generally takes from one to six weeks, but it is not uncommon for residual symptoms (dysequilibrium and/or dizziness) to last for many months or even years, if permanent damage occurs.

In management, there should be following medications should be used under supervision of your GP:

-Tab. Stemetil
-Tab. Vertin
-Tab Prednisolone
-Tab. Pantoprazole+Domperidone

Apart from medications following Rehabilitation strategies most commonly used are:

Gaze stability exercises - moving the head from side to side while fixated on a stationary object (aimed to restore the Vestibulo-ocular reflex) An advanced progression of this exercise would be walking in a straight line while looking side to side by turning the head.

Habituation exercises - movements designed to provoke symptoms and subsequently reduce the negative vestibular response upon repetition.

Functional retraining - including postural control, relaxation, and balance training.

Regards,

Dr. Naresh Jain.