This International Volunteer Day, we’d like to thank volunteers for our ICD code, R42. Learn more about the International Classification of MdDS and its significance to the medical world in today’s blog post.
Mal de Débarquement Syndrome (MdDS) is a neurological disorder that leaves patients feeling as if they are rocking and swaying. Imagine always feeling in motion.
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Learn About the Disorder
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Living with MdDS
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Professional Resources
The Faces of MdDS
MdDS highlighted on popular French tv show “Ça commence aujourd’hui”
In this episode of Ça commence aujourd’hui, French journalist Faustine Bollaert interviews a young woman who’s been dealing with Disembarkment Syndrome since June. Watch the clip in French or read the transcript in English here.
The Facts of MdDS
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It is typically triggered by motion: cars, trains, airplanes, ships, boats, and even fast elevators. -
The average person sees 20+ doctors before getting a diagnosis. -
Many people are suffering from MdDS and don’t know that they have it. They are undiagnosed. -
The scale of the problem is not matched by research dollars.
The MdDS phenomenon is the natural result of the human brain adapting to environmental motion and is thus the quintessential neurological disorder.
Yoon-Hee Cha, MD
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MdDS highlighted on popular French tv show “Ça commence aujourd’hui”
In this episode of Ça commence aujourd’hui, French journalist Faustine Bollaert interviews a young woman who’s been dealing with Disembarkment Syndrome since June. Watch the clip in French or read the transcript in English here.