Vertigo treatment with inner ear injections

The eardrum and inner ear often play a vital role in developing and maintaining vertigo and related symptoms. Also, medical practitioners discovered that corticosteroids could significantly decrease the severity of vertigo-related symptoms and began to use this group of medications. Doctors deliver steroids directly into the eardrum to achieve faster and more effective results, and they likely accomplished their goal. Currently, most medical practitioners use methylprednisolone, prednisone, and dexamethasone. The dosage and possible combinations of medications might vary in different cases. Also, most ENTs confirm the efficiency of follow-up intratympanic injections of gentamicin that help achieve a better symptom control rate, prolonging the effect and increasing the efficiency of steroid injections. The manipulation typically takes up to a few minutes, as medical practitioners must ensure that medication is evenly distributed in the tympanic membrane and does not damage its integrity. The treatment procedure is often performed with the control of a tiny microscope that helps ensure that the medical practitioner reaches the eardrum, doesn’t pierce it, and delivers all medication dosage right into the eardrum. A tiny syringe with the smallest gauge is used during a treatment session.