Zusammenfassung
Bei 33 männlichen Japanern, die länger als 20 Jahre Alkohol getrunken hatten und mehr als 3 Monate vor der Untersuchung abstinent waren, wurden vestibuläre Störungen gefunden. Periphere Störungen traten bei jungen Alkoholikern (unter 50 Jahren) bei einer Trinkzeit von 20–30 Jahren, kombinierte periphere und zentrale Störungen bei älteren Patienten mit langer Trinkanamnese auf. Bei 16 Nichtalkoholikern wurden keine vestibulären Störungen beobachtet. Eine Kontrollstudie bei sieben Alkoholikern mit dreijähriger Abstinenz zeigte eine Besserung besonders der peripheren vestibulären Störungen.
Summary
Vestibular disorders were found in all 33 Japanese men who had been drinking alcohol for over 20 years and who had abstained from alcohol for over 3 months before the tests were done. Six, 12, and 15 patients showed peripheral, central, and combined types of vestibular disorders, respectively. The peripheral disorder occurred in younger alcoholics (under 50 years old) with a drinking history of 20–30 years, and the combined disorder in older patients with a longer drinking history. The vestibular disorders, however, were not observed in any of 16 control non-alcoholics. A follow-up study on seven alcoholics with a 3-year abstinence from alcohol revealed an improvement of vestibular dysfunctions, in particular of peripheral disorders, with an abstinence of over 2 years.
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Sasa, M., Takaori, S., Matsuoka, I. et al. Peripheral and central yestibular disorders in alcoholics. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 230, 93–101 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00665384
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