Meniere's disease is exquisitely sensitive to fluctuation in hormone levels. Pregnancy is the ultimate fluctuation in a woman's hormonal status. In some women pregnancy is found to be very salutary to the overall course of Meniere's disease while in others it is provocative to the extent of disability. The management of Meniere's disease during pregnancy is obviously significantly complicated by the presence of the fetus which experiences all the medications introduced into your body in the form of nutrition or treatment. Very close cooperation between your otologist and your obstetrician are required to guide a woman with Meniere's disease through this complication.
Management is entirely individual.
The condition of Meniere's disease is directly related to the patient's overall sense of well-being. Predominantly, the Meniere's sufferers sense of well-bing is physical in nature. There has been a fairly substantial amount of work done in this area and, in point of fact, this situation has been addressed in articles in Steady in the past. In general, when hormonal fluctuations or conditions are stabilized, the effect on Meniere's disease is usually very positive. Within a few years, I was able to get things under control with diuretics and a low salt diet.