Sudden hearing loss.
This article describes a patient with documented sudden, severe, unilateral, sensorineural hearing loss occurring four days after audiometric evaluation for nonspecific complaints. He was hospitalized immediately; treatment included I.V. histamine and oral steroid therapy. He noted improvement within two days, and serial audiometry has documented recovery to the initial audiometric levels. We believe that this documentation of recovery to pre-illness levels is unique.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D001510:Bed Rest; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006632:Histamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014223:Triamterene / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004338:Drug Combinations; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; C020743:hydrochlorothiazide-triamterene; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006632:Histamine; D013752:Tetracycline; C027556:histamine phosphate; D014223:Triamterene