One answer, from someone you don't know, have never met, and you are ready
to kill a doctor?

Getting a second opinion is valid, but involves going to the right person
for that advice.

Why not let a few more folks respond before you form your own opinion,
assuming that you have not already decided what to believe and are only
seeking someone to co-sign your BS.

The person who answered you could very well be totally qualified, it is not
my intention of being disrespectful.

Richie <nospam@no-spam.invalid> wrote in part:

Some cautions:

You may be using the term, "inner ear," incorrectly. If you really meant,
"middle ear," then a good ENT can do a pretty good job of determining if there
is significant infection there by observing signs and symptoms. No one can say
that there is a 100% probability of no infection, however.

The inner ear is enclosed in part of the skull, inside the bone. Not even a
CT-scan or MRI will catch most types of infection there.

Your point is well taken.

Terri

Do you think labyrinthitis can be caused by allergies?  A hayfever sufferer?

(1)Could the infection be 'cured'?
(2)My ENT doctor prescribed me Bymeniere(Betahistine Mesilate).
According to the explanation pamphlet, this medicine is used for
Meniere disease?  How does this work or what is the mechanism
involved?  Does it tend to restrict the production of inner ear fluid
like carbonic dehydrase inhibitor?

Your answering these questions could save me US$100 that will be paid
to visit my ENT doctor in HK.  He does not answer questions over the
phone.

Thank you in advance,

FP
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Many cases of labyrinthitis are essentially of unknown cause--you
don't know if an infectious agent is present or not.