{"id":19552,"date":"2026-10-09T13:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/?p=19552"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:01:47","slug":"morbus-menier-what-is-the-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/patientenblog\/morbus-meniere-was-ist-der-ausloeser\/","title":{"rendered":"Meniere's disease: What is the trigger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/menieres-disease\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meni\u00e8re's disease<\/a> It has not yet been conclusively clarified scientifically \u2013 but there is a leading hypothesis: endolymphatic hydrops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is suspected to be happening in the inner ear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excessive pressure in the inner ear: The inner ear fluid (endolympha) swells. Due to the pressure, the separating membrane is extremely stretched or microscopically tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imbalance signals: The fluid transfer creates uncontrolled action potentials. The brain interprets this sudden stimulus as rapid self-movement \u2013 a violent rotational dizziness ensues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to the ear: Since the endolymphe also fills the cochlea, this mechanism explains typical hearing problems such as ear pressure, tinnitus, or hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hypothetically speaking: In studies, this hydrops was also found in perfectly healthy people without any dizziness whatsoever. So the theory is plausible, but not definitive proof!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Would you like to understand the mechanisms, diagnostic criteria, and treatments for Meniere's disease in detail? Take a look now to our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/menieres-disease\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient information<\/a> or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uWYUyybCRgI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hVZMpMS9eUI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main video on YouTube<\/a> may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Are you looking for qualified therapists near you who specialize in dizziness? Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-patients\/dizziness-vestibular-therapist-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapist search<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die genaue Ursache f\u00fcr Morbus Meni\u00e8re ist bis heute wissenschaftlich nicht abschlie\u00dfend gekl\u00e4rt \u2013 doch es gibt eine f\u00fchrende Hypothese: den endolymphatischen Hydrops. \u3164 Was dabei im Innenohr vermutet wird: \u00dcberdruck im Innenohr: Die Innenohrfl\u00fcssigkeit (Endolymphe) schwillt an. Durch den Druck wird die trennende Membran extrem gedehnt oder rei\u00dft mikroskopisch ein. Fehlsignale im Gleichgewicht: Durch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_jf_save_progress":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patientenblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19554,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19552\/revisions\/19554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19552"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}