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Glucose, Insulin, and Inner Ear Pathology

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The inner ear has highly complex metabolic mechanisms. The maintenance of the endocochlear potential and of the chemical composition of endolymph is highly dependent on oxygen and glucose. This chapter discusses two mechanisms of reactive hypoglycemia that cause cochlear and vestibular symptoms. The inner ears are very sensitive organs and in many patients are the first to show signs of carbohydrate metabolism disorders. The cochlear and vestibular symptoms resulting from these disorders are very common, can be diagnosed and treated, and are often reversible.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Albert Einstein Hospital , São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz

  2. Otology / Neurotology, Clínica Maia, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Francisco Zuma e Maia

  3. Neurotology, Fundación San Lucas para la Neurociencia, Rosário, Santa Fé, Argentina

    Sergio Carmona

  4. Curso de Medicina, Centro Universitário do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

    Renato Valério Rodrigues Cal

  5. Department of Neurology in Hospital de San Luis, Fundación San Lucas para la Neurociencia, Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina

    Guillermo Zalazar

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Albernaz, P.L.M., Zuma e Maia, F., Carmona, S., Cal, R.V.R., Zalazar, G. (2019). Glucose, Insulin, and Inner Ear Pathology. In: The New Neurotology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11283-7_15

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