Meniere's disease and sodiumA low sodium diet and a diuretic medication that helps control water retention may reduce the frequency of attacks of Meniere’s disease. In order to receive the full benefit of the diuretic, it is important that you restrict your sodium (salt) intake and take the prescribed medication for Meniere's disease symptoms, vertigo and tinnitus. (scroll down the page to read about these symptoms)While maintaining a low sodium diet can be difficult, AlsoSalt will help you. It is completely sodium free yet it tastes like salt. And best of all, it does NOT have the bitter aftertaste that all the other salt substitutes have. You can cook and bake with it or simply sprinkle it over your food as you would salt. Plus, it has the added dietary benefit of two nutrients, potassium and L-lysine, that are essential for good health. It is completely natural. Read some of our testimonials from people who are using AlsoSalt. If you would like, we can mail you a sample packet to taste it. Send an email request with your name and address using this link: packets@alsosalt.com. AlsoSalt needs to be used on/in food just like you use salt. Do not taste it directly from the packet or bottle. To place an order for AlsoSalt, click on this link to the order page. It is also available in the spice aisle in many grocery stores in the USA. For the list of stores visit the Where Can I Buy page. We do ship internationally. What Is Meniere's disease?Menieres disease is a disorder of the inner ear. It probably results from an abnormality in the fluids of the inner ear, although the cause is unknown. Menieres disease is one of the most common causes of dizziness originating in the inner ear. In most cases only one ear is involved.The physician specialist with unique training to diagnose and treat Meniere’s disease is an otolaryngologist - a head and neck surgeon, commonly known as an ear, nose, and throat specialist. Symptoms of Meniere’s diseaseVertigo: an attack of a spinning sensation. From all the Meniere’s disease’s symptoms, vertigo is usually the most troublesome. It is commonly produced by disorders of the inner ear. Vertigo may last for twenty minutes to two hours or longer. The sensation of spinning may produce nausea, vomiting, sweating and all the symptoms normally associated with extreme motion sickness. During attacks, patients are usually unable to perform activities normal to their work or home life. Sleepiness may follow for several hours, and the off balance sensation may last for days. The symptoms may be minor or they can become disabling.Tinnitus: a sustained loud ringing or buzzing sound in the ear. Many people experience brief episodes of tinnitus, such as a loud ping sound which declines over a period of seconds to minutes. The tinnitus experienced by Meniere's patients is continual and does not subside with time. Its intensity may vary. It may come and go with changes in hearing, occur during or just before attacks, or it can be constant. There may also be an intermittent hearing loss early in the disease, but a fixed hearing loss involving tones of all pitches commonly develops in time. Loud sounds may seem distorted in the affected ear. Sensation of fullness in the affected ear. The feeling of fullness in the ear is similar to that experienced by barometric pressure changes. It is similar to the feeling during take off or landing in an airplane or riding up and down a steep hill. However, this fullness cannot be cleared by swallowing or yawning, as in the case of pressure changes. To help reduce the frequency of episodes of Meniere's disease: Maintain a low sodium diet. Avoid alcohol and caffeine, smoking, stress, and excessive fatigue. Eat properly and get plenty of sleep. Also, stay physically active. Visit our sodium content of foods page for a list of many common foods and their sodium content per serving. Our low sodium foods page is a more general grouping of low sodium and medium sodium foods.
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