| So, back went Jo Beth to the same doctor who'd found the low-frequency loss. Surprise! She's now been diagnosed with a third disease, or syndrome: Meniere's. Meniere's is a build-up of fluid in the inner ear, the cochlea. It causes balance problems, tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, and permanent hearing damage. Its symptoms can come and go. That's why those other tests found nothing wrong. The Meniere's symptoms could have been caused by inflammation from the lupus. Or from the Behcet's. Or both, or neither--Who the heck can keep track? Jo Beth volunteers her own disease name: Luhcetiere's! Lucky, lucky, three-times-lucky girl. |
Once...Twice...Three Times, So Special
Where Jo Beth once again
learns how special she is.
Where Jo Beth once again
learns how special she is.
Study Questions:
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So THAT's why she kept falling!
(And couldn't ride a bicycle any
more, and got that full-head feeling,
and would suddenly feel sick and
dizzy sometimes, and got those
terrible headaches, and threw up
in front of the students!)
The doctors were right:
It WAS all in her head!
(And couldn't ride a bicycle any
more, and got that full-head feeling,
and would suddenly feel sick and
dizzy sometimes, and got those
terrible headaches, and threw up
in front of the students!)
The doctors were right:
It WAS all in her head!
The cochlea looks like a cute snail shell.
< Here no hear.
| What's so bad about tinnitus? It's just a tiny high sound in your ear. |
