Meniere's disease
disorder of the inner ear, characterized by potentially severe and incapacitating episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness in the ear
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Meniere's disease is a disorder affecting the inner ear. [1][2] It is classified as a head and neck disease.
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Named after: Prosper Menière[4]
- Subclass of: endolymphatic hydrops[5], genetic otorhinolaryngologic disease[6], genetic disease[7], genetic nervous system disorder[8], disease[9]
- Commons category: Ménière's disease[10]
- Afflicts: inner ear[11]
- Medical examination: audiometry[12]
- Prevalence: 0.0019[13]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17]
- ICD-9-CM: 386.00[18], 386.0[19]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C185243[20]
- Different from: gastric mucosal hypertrophy[21]
- Health specialty: otolaryngology[22], speech-language pathology[23]
- Studied by: audiology[24]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9849[25], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9849[26], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_45360[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[28], WikiProject Hearing Health[29]
Why It Matters
Meniere's disease has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]