CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES HEARING AND AURAL FULLNESS IN 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH HISTORY OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS

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Event Abstract Back to Event CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES HEARING AND AURAL FULLNESS IN 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH HISTORY OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS David J. Clark1* 1 Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, United States Background: A 54 year old woman presented with loss of hearing in the left ear, roaring in the left ear and feeling like she’s moving too slowly. She described the hearing in the left ear as “distorted” and “robotic” sounding, requiring high levels of concentration throughout the day to discern accurately what she was hearing. Symptoms affected her quality of life because she could not enjoy going out to a restaurant or watching television. 15 years prior to presentation underwent colon resection due to complications of Ulcerative Colitis. 3 months prior to presentation she crashed her bicycle while attempting to park it and hit her head on the ground and injured her neck, shoulder and knee. Two months prior to presentation she developed aural fullness and pressure. She was diagnosed with 35% hearing loss and prescribed oral steroids, but this did not affect her symptoms. She then began noticing difficulty with her balance. She had been following a gluten-free and grain-free for one year prior to presentation but did consume milk products. Methods: Neurological examination revealed reduction in right arm swing and veering to the right with dual tasking of gait, bedside examination of saccades showed increased latency, especially from left to right, bedside pursuits showed combined eye-head movement and saccadic intrusions when moving to the right and left. Blood chemistry revealed low white blood cell count (4.4), low aspartate aminotransferase (13), low triglycerides (40), Euthyroid Hashimoto’s evidenced by high Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (300.9) and a normal thyroid panel. In addition, blood chemistry demonstrated clinically significant results in the following : lactate dehydrogenase (109) and vitamin D (44.8). Patient was placed on an anti-inflammatory diet and supplement protocol including turmeric, resveratrol, vitamin D, topical gluathione, omega fatty acids and glutamine. Results: After 30 days of treatment, patient reported 90% improvement both in the roaring of the left hear as well as improvement in aural fullness, and the distorted “robotic” quality of hearing in the left ear. She reported a reduction in daily fatigue due to the improvement in hearing and subsequent decreased demand on her cognitive performance. She could now enjoy eating dinner at a buys restaurant as well as watching television. After 90 days, she had maintained the same level of improvement. However, there was no improvement in the combined eye-head movements and saccadic intrusions during smooth pursuits. Saccade latency assessed at bedside had improved. Conclusion: The author suggests further investigation into clinical nutrition and anti-inflammatory supplementation in the treatment of hearing abnormalities, especially in patients with a history of autoimmunity. Keywords: Hearing Loss, Head injury, Autoimmunity, Euthyroid Hashimoto's, smooth pursuit eye movements Conference: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function, Orlando, United States, 7 Oct - 9 Oct, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Abstracts ISCN 2016 Citation: Clark DJ (2016). CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES HEARING AND AURAL FULLNESS IN 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH HISTORY OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS . Front. Neurol. 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Received: 01 Sep 2016; Published Online: 07 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. David J Clark, Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States, mail@doctordavidclark.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers David J Clark Google David J Clark Google Scholar David J Clark PubMed David J Clark Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.