Epidemiology and Seasonal Variation of Ménière’s Disease: Data from a Population-Based Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-230
Author(s):  
Min Hee Kim ◽  
Chunhoo Cheon
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Meniere’S Disease ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Seasonal Incidence ◽  
Ménière's Disease

Introduction: Ménière’s disease (MD) is a disease of the inner ear. In Asian countries, there is one previous epidemiologic study that used a retrospective survey of a specific district. Previous studies have demonstrated that weather variables are strongly associated with symptom aggravation in MD. However, no study has reported on seasonal variation of MD. Methods: We conducted a retrospective population-based study using the Korean national health insurance claims database (NHICD). In the present study, the prevalence and incidence of MD from 2013 to 2017 were calculated. Prevalence and incidence of MD according to sex, age group, and monthly incidence are presented. Seasonal incidence was calculated for four seasons. The seasonal average humidity and atmospheric pressure were also calculated. Results: The incidence rate of MD showed a rapid yearly increase from 2013 to 2017 in Korea. The prevalence and incidence rate by age group continued to increase up to the 70 year olds. The female-to-male ratio was 2.17. The seasonal incidence of MD was relatively high in summer and autumn and relatively low in winter and spring; however, there were no significant differences. Discussion/Conclusions: The rapid progression to an aging society, increase in medical accessibility, and lifestyle changes could be the reasons for the elevation of the incidence rate in the Korean population. Consistent with a previous study, the incidence of MD was higher in seasons with high humidity and low atmospheric pressure; however, there were no significant differences. Further studies about the relationship between diet and MD, seasonality of MD with long-term analysis, and investigating the underlying mechanisms connecting weather and MD are needed.

Effect of Atmospheric Pressure on Hearing in Patients with Meniere's Disease

1994 ◽  
Vol 114 (sup510) ◽  
pp. 111-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki Kitahara ◽  
Akira Kodama ◽  
Hisawo Izukura ◽  
Hiroshi Ozawa
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Meniere’S Disease ◽  
Menière’S Disease ◽  
Meniere's Disease ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Menière's Disease ◽  
Ménière's Disease

Prevalence of Menière's Disease in General Population of Southern Finland

2005 ◽  
Vol 133 (5) ◽  
pp. 762-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Havia ◽  
Erna Kentala ◽  
Ilmari PyykkÖ
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
General Population ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Meniere’S Disease ◽  
Menière’S Disease ◽  
Meniere's Disease ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Menière's Disease ◽  
Ménière's Disease

OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of Menière's disease (MD) in the general population of Southern Finland. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective study based on population register data. A questionnaire was sent to 5000 randomly selected persons aged 12 years or more living in the Helsinki University Hospital area. We enquired about whether recipients had experienced vertigo associated with a moving sensation, hearing loss, or tinnitus. For exclusion purposes, we also asked about general illnesses, ear infections, former head and ear traumas, noise exposure, medication, and use of tobacco and alcohol. To assess the validity of the population-based study, we randomly selected a sample of 100 people among those reporting vertigo. They were clinically examined at our vestibular unit. The clinical examination was supplemented by audiologic and otoneurologic tests. RESULTS: The response rate was 63%. In the final study sample of 3116 people, 216 reported the triad of vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. By using the most recent criteria of the Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, we were able to identify 16 definite MD patients from the total sample, yielding a prevalence of 513 of 100,000 persons. Among the 16 MD subjects, 9 patients had already been diagnosed with MD and 1 patient was diagnosed during the clinical examination. A peak prevalence of 1709 of 100,000 was seen in the age group 61 to 70 years. CONCLUSIONS: Our population-based estimate of MD prevalence is much higher than in previous reports.

scholarly journals Population-based study and a scoping review for the epidemiology and seasonality in and effect of weather on Bell’s palsy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Hee Kim ◽  
So Young Park
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Meteorological Factors ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Seasonal Incidence ◽  
The Past ◽  
Monthly Incidence

AbstractThe association between weather-related variables or seasons and the development of Bell’s palsy (BP) is controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence and clinical characteristics of BP and assess the effects of meteorological factors on seasonal and monthly incidence. This retrospective population-based study used data from the Korean Health Insurance claims database (NHICD) from 2010 to 2018, in which annual, seasonal, and monthly incidence rates and age and sex distributions were calculated. A multivariate linear regression and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model was used to determine the association between the seasonal and monthly incidence of BP and meteorological factors, including average wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure. We also conducted a scoping review of the literature on epidemiological and seasonality studies of BP in the past 30 years and summarized them in a table for easy comparison with other studies. In this study, the incidence rate of BP increased over 9 years (from 12.86 to 19.92 per 100,000 persons) and was the highest in patients in their 60s (31.6/100,000 persons). The seasonal incidence of BP was the highest in autumn and showed a significant difference compared with spring (coefficient − 0.318, p = 0.003) and summer (coefficient − 0.463, p < 0.001), adjusting the year. In the ARIMA analysis, the autocorrelation of the monthly and seasonal lag in the raw data disappeared after adjustment of the seasonal (or monthly) and longitudinal changes, indicating no additional trends outside the seasonal (or monthly) longitudinal changes. The seasonal and monthly incidence of BP was related to low temperature (p = 0.002), high atmospheric pressure (p = 0.034), and low relative humidity (p < 0.001) in the multivariate linear regression. In contrast, in the ARIMA analysis, after adjusting for seasonality, month, and trends, there were no significant meteorological factors associated with the monthly or seasonal incidence rate. In the past 30 years, 12 studies have reported on the prevalence or incidence of BP, and 14 have reported on the relationship between seasons, weather, and incidence. These results indicate that BP is more common among the elderly, and the incidence of BP is increasing due to an aging society, increased medical accessibility, and lifestyle changes. The data also indicate that the onset of BP is associated with low temperature and humidity; however, in the climate zone with extreme temperature and humidity differences between the coldest and hottest months, it is assumed that the marked decrease in temperature (autumn) has more influence on the outbreak of BP than does the actual cold temperature (winter).

scholarly journals Atmospheric Pressure and Onset of Episodes of Menière’s Disease - A Repeated Measures Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e0152714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Gürkov ◽  
Ralf Strobl ◽  
Nina Heinlin ◽  
Eike Krause ◽  
Bernhard Olzowy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Meniere’S Disease ◽  
Menière’S Disease ◽  
Meniere's Disease ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Menière's Disease ◽  
Ménière's Disease

Population-Based Study on the Epidemiology of Ménière's Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia G. Bruderer ◽  
Daniel Bodmer ◽  
Nadja A. Stohler ◽  
Susan S. Jick ◽  
Christoph R. Meier
Keyword(s):  
Population Based ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Meniere’S Disease ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Control Analysis ◽  
Menière's Disease ◽  
Ménière's Disease ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Case Control Analysis ◽  
Nested Case Control

Background and Objective: Ménière's disease (MD) is a disorder of the inner ear typically showing recurrent acute episodes of vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. Epidemiologic studies on MD are scarce. We assessed the incidence rates (IRs) of MD and describe the characteristics of MD cases, comparing them to control patients without recorded evidence of MD. Study Design: We conducted a retrospective population-based follow-up study and a nested case-control analysis using data from the UK-based Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Methods: We identified patients between 18 and 79 years of age with an incident MD diagnosis between January 1993 and December 2014. We assessed the IRs of betahistine-treated MD. In the nested case-control analysis, we matched 4 controls to each MD case on sex, age, general practice, years of active history in the database, and calendar time. We conducted a χ2 test to present p values in order to compare the prevalence of demographics, comorbidities, and co-medication between cases and controls. Results: We identified 5,508 MD cases and 22,032 MD-free controls (65.4% females). The overall IR for MD in the UK was 13.1 per 100,000 person-years. More cases were female, and the mean age at diagnosis was 55.4 ± 13.7 years. Smoking and alcohol consumption were less prevalent among MD cases. Depression, other affective disorders, sleeping disorders, anxiety, and migraine were more prevalent among MD cases than among controls. Conclusions: MD is uncommon in primary care in the UK with a preponderance among females.

scholarly journals Mobile Spine Osseous Sarcoma: Descriptive Epidemiological Analysis Based on a National Population-Based Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 629-635
Author(s):  
Adel Ebrahimpour ◽  
Mohammadreza Chehrassan ◽  
Mehrdad Sadighi ◽  
Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha ◽  
Amin Karimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Ewing Sarcoma ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Bimodal Distribution ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Mobile Spine ◽  
Bone Sarcomas ◽  
Male Patients

Background: Primary osseous sarcomas of the mobile spine are rare bony tumors. Ewing sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, chordoma and osteosarcoma constitute the majority of primary bone sarcomas of the spine; however, other rare sarcoma tumors may also affect the spine. In order to perform an epidemiological study of theses tumors, national registries may help to evaluate data for populations with similar characteristics. Methods: A population-based study was designed based on data from the Iran National Cancer Registry (INCR). All morphology codes (M-Code) of primary osseous sarcomas of the mobile spine (C-code 41.2) were derived and analyzed. Results: Among 186 patients with primary osseous sarcomas of the mobile spine, 67.2% were men and 32.8% were women. The median (IQR) age was 37.0 (20.0–59.0) years and the age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) was 0.37 per million. The majority of cases of Ewing sarcoma (29.5%) were observed in the age group 20–25 years. Among male patients with chondrosarcoma, the median age was 39.0 (30.0–50.0), while females showed a median age of 56.0 (50.0–59.0). The median age of patients with chordoma was 54.0 (47.0–63.0) years. The crude incidence rate of mobile spine osteosarcoma was 0.04 per million. Conclusion: Ewing sarcoma was the most frequent primary osseous sarcoma of the mobile spine. A male predilection was observed among all major sarcomas of the mobile spine. Ewing sarcoma in Iran affects the mobile spine in slightly older ages compared to other studies. Myxoid chondrosarcoma is the most frequent subtype of the mobile spine chondrosarcoma. Chordoma affects male in older ages compared to females. In contrast with other studies which showed a bimodal distribution of osteosarcoma of the spine including young adult and older age groups, 86% of cases in Iran were in the age group of 10–40 years.

Juvenile Menière's disease

1985 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Filipo ◽  
Maurizio Barbara
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Procedure ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Meniere’S Disease ◽  
Menière’S Disease ◽  
Meniere's Disease ◽  
Ménière’S Disease ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Menière's Disease ◽  
Vestibular Tests ◽  
Ménière's Disease

SummaryThe authors report their experience in the diagnosis and treatment of Menière's disease in childhood.They believe it to be essential to carry out a complete battery of audio-vestibular tests, with particular reference to dehydration procedures, which in this age group are considered to be more significant for a correct diagnosis than in adults.After stressing the importance of eliminating other forms of disease which manifest themselves with vertigo, the authors conclude by asserting the efficacy of medical treatment with diuretics and they support the surgical procedure of endolymphatic-mastoid drainage as a valid means of contending with the hydrops.

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