Word: tinnitus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...disease claims hundreds of thousands of victims in the U.S. alone, it is not really a disease at all. It is a group of symptoms that have defied both explanation and effective treatment. However it is labeled, the disorder usually starts with a ringing in the ears (tinnitus), followed by impaired hearing, spells of dizziness accompanied by unbearable nausea, and severe vomiting. Meniere's, named for French Physician Prosper Meniere (1799-1862) who first described it, is so distressing that doctors are eager to try anything that will give their patients a measure of relief. Some get help from...
...also led to the development of an oral drug that appears to control the symptoms. The theory is that Meniere's begins with an accumulation of lymph fluids in the inner ear, apparently as the result of changes in circulation. The excess lymph, which causes the tinnitus and dizziness, can be dissipated by restoring this "microcirculation." Histamine, one of the body's cellular hormones, will do the job, but it is so powerful that it must be used with great care...
...careful double-blind study, in which neither doctor nor patient knew which was the drug and which was the dummy sugar pill, Dr. Joseph C. Elia of Reno reported excellent results. Three-fourths of the time, the patients on the drug enjoyed relief from dizziness, nausea and headache; the tinnitus response was not so uniform, but still substantial...