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Case Reports
. 2019 May-Jun;40(3):440-442.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.02.004. Epub 2019 Feb 18.

Successful treatment of a child with definite Meniere's disease with the migraine regimen

Mehdi Abouzari  1 , Arash Abiri  1 , Hamid R Djalilian  2
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Case Reports

Successful treatment of a child with definite Meniere's disease with the migraine regimen

Mehdi Abouzari et al. Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 May-Jun.

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests substantial overlap between the symptoms of Meniere's disease (MD) and migraine-related cochlear/vestibular disorders. We report a 5-year-old girl with a 6-month history of left-sided hearing loss followed by daily episodes of vertigo, headache, and vomiting who met the criteria for definite MD. The patient became symptom-free and gained near normal hearing levels after starting on a 6-week migraine diet/lifestyle regimen with riboflavin and magnesium. We believe that the symptoms of MD may be primarily due to a vestibular migraine phenomenon. Pediatric MD patients may benefit from migraine lifestyle/dietary changes with control of both cochlear and vestibular symptoms.

Keywords: Cochlear migraine; Lifestyle change; Meniere's disease; Pediatric; Vestibular migraine.

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Conflict of Interest: None

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Pre-treatment audiogram of left (X) and right (O) ears showing left-sided hearing loss which was a consistent finding for 6 months.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Audiogram of left (X) and right (O) ears after 6 weeks of being on the migraine regimen.
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