Upper respiratory tract infections may increase the risk of Meniere’s disease, an inner ear pathology that causes deafness, tinnitus, dizziness and balance problems. This has been shown by a study published in the journal. microorganisms.
Researchers analyzed data from 100 South Korean patients collected from 2002 to 2019. 19 thousand of them contracted Meniere’s disease. The rest served as the control group.
The likelihood of detecting Meniere’s disease was twice as high in patients who had an acute respiratory viral infection in the year before. The risk was one and a half times higher in people who had ARVI two years before the diagnosis of the disease.
“The study points to the importance of long-term follow-up of patients, as acute respiratory infections occurring even two years before diagnosis of the disease significantly increase the likelihood of developing Meniere’s disease. This highlights the widespread and long-term impact of ARVI on Meniere’s disease,” the authors noted .
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Source: Gazeta
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