A new study for Meniere’s disease is underway in Colorado Springs. Meniere’s disease currently affects 13 million people worldwide.
Managing this disease is very difficult. Imagine feeling dizzy, nauseous and unable to focus. These are just a few of the symptoms that help describe Meniere’s disease. Things like driving home from work or taking care of a child become unpredictable and unsafe.
Dr. Lewis Romett, an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, explains that there isn’t an exact cause of Meniere’s disease, but some triggers come from salt, stress or allergies. The nation-wide clinical study that Dr. Romett is conducting will hopefully find a better way to treat the disease.
“The current study we are using a substance that turns into a gel after we inject it into the ear, and put a specific amount of steroid in there, to help stabilize the symptoms of Meniere's Disease” Dr. Romett said.
Hopefully with research and clinical studies like this, we can make Meniere’s disease more manageable.