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A member asked:

My grandfather had meniere's disease.i get positional vertigo that resolves and comes back for over 10 years, popping in ears...likely the same?

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Dr. Dominic Riganotti answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No: Meniere's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes spontaneous episodes of vertigo — a sensation of a spinning motion — along with fluctuating hearing loss, ringing in the ear (tinnitus), and sometimes a feeling of fullness or pressure in your ear. In many cases, Meniere's disease affects only one ear.

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