Imagine spinning around in your desk chair while you try to complete your workday. Combine this dizziness with ringing a bell at the side of your head, and then stick cotton balls in your ears so all sounds are muffled and you'll have some idea of a day in the life of a person with Meniere's disease.

Meniere's disease is a disturbance of the balance mechanism within the inner ear. In most, it affects only one ear. The symptoms include episodes of vertigo, ear ringing, and ear fullness. Meniere's has no known cause, and the progression usually results in hearing loss. It is not contagious or fatal but has no known cure.

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