[Dynamics of various blood electrolytes in patients with Menière's disease after desiccation]

The serum concentrations of Na, K, Ca, and Cl were measured in 25 patients with Meniere's disease. In the patients with hydrops, the concentrations of K, Ca, and Cl were initially increased and during dehydration slightly decreased. In the patients without hydrops, the concentration of K and Ca was near the upper limit and that of Cl was within normal limits. No specific patterns of variations of C, Ca, Cl concentrations were detected in the patients without hydrops. The K:Cl, Ca:Cl and K:Ca ratios were stable in the patients without hydrops and unstable in the patients with hydrops. They depended on the time of dehydration, which suggests that in patients with hydrops compensatory and adaptive mechanisms are persistent and flexible.