How long does otolith usually heal itself?
Otolithiasis tends to heal itself, and some patients can relieve themselves without treatment. The self-healing time ranges from weeks to months, which can last for several years for the elderly. Otolithiasis, also known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, is a common peripheral vestibular disease characterized by recurrent positional vertigo or dizziness. The disease is easy to recur, and some patients with recurrence will still recover on their own.
How is otolith caused?
1. Genetic factors
There are many direct descendants of otosclerosis patients with the same disease, about 54% have family history, some people think it is autosomal dominant or recessive inheritance, and abnormal genes can be found in more than half of the cases.
2. Ear diseases
Such as middle ear and mastoid infectious diseases, vestibular neuritis, Meniere's disease, sudden deafness with vertigo and other diseases, can all lead to otolith due to cell debris agglutination or bilateral vestibular dysfunction asymmetry. In addition, when arteriosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes and other factors lead to insufficient blood supply to the inner ear, otoliths can also be caused.
3. Head trauma or ear surgery
This disease can be caused by head trauma or accelerated head movement, such as whiplash injury; Some middle ear operations, such as stapes surgery, can be caused by local compression or stapes foot plate inserted into vestibular window or otolith avulsion.
4. Development issues
Because at birth, the bone labyrinthine cyst has developed. Only the defects in the process of development and ossification remain in the endogenous cartilage layer of the anterior vestibule. If effective treatment and treatment are not available for a long time, otoliths will gradually form. So it is better to treat it in time.
5. Endocrine disorders
Generally, it is more common in young people, and the incidence rate of women is higher, which can be accelerated during pregnancy, childbirth and menopause. This is mainly related to endocrine. When endocrine disorders occur in the body, hormone levels will also change, leading to otoliths.