青年女子眩暈

　メニエール症候は，近年次第に増加の傾向にあり，文明病あるいは近代病などと呼ばれるようになった。事実統計でみると，戦後における急激な本症の増加は，めざましいものがある^1）（第1図A）。

　メニエール症候は，20歳代から40歳代にかけての働き盛りの成人に多いことが統計的にもわかっているが，これを男女別に調べてみると，男子は，30代を頂上とした一つの山を示すのにたいして，女子には20代と40代とに二つのはっきりした山のあることが特長である^1）（第1図B）。この事実を，ここではいわゆるLife Stressと結びつけて考えてみたい。この点については，すでに内藤氏はじめ諸家も賛成の意を表わしている^1）2）。

Suzuki and associates made clinical obser-vations on vertigo occurring in the tnird-de-cade females and designated the condition as, "Vertigo in Young Females". Reports on this disease syndrome which has a distinctive cli-nical feature of a condition incidental to in-crease of stressors are rather few in number when compared to those that are concerned with dizziness that occur in climacteric wo-men. Present cases were diagnosed from features of organic changes in the inner ear, from slightest functional to most severe for-ms, that could be established by clinically manifested signs and symptoms. Treatment of the condition was carried out in accorda-nce to assumptions of its pathogenisis as a-bove described : most cases were not seriously involved who showed a favorable response to "tranquilizer-wine" therapy.