Mal de Debarquement Syndrome
Cruise Ship Passengers And Crew Suffering From MdDS
Mal de Debarquement Syndrome Cases
Date: March 5, 2009
Name: Gina Panettieri
Age: 48
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: RCCL
Cruise Ship: Navigator of the Seas
Date: June 16, 2008
Name: Lee Moore
Age: 67
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Galapagos
Cruise Line: Celebrity Crujise Lines
Cruise Ship: Celebrity Expedition
Date: March 3, 2007
Name: Nicole Babineau
Age: 36
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Cozumel, Mexico
Cruise Line: Carnival Crujise Lines
Cruise Ship: Triumph
Date: August 2006
Name: Penny Badham
Age: 53
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Norway
Cruise Line: Unknown
Cruise Ship: Unknown
Date: May 28, 2006
Name: Caroline
Age: 23
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Mexico
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Cruise Ship: Conquest
Date: February 19, 2006
Name: Irene Hartman
Age: 55
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: RCCL
Cruise Ship: Explorer Of The Seas
Date: February 13, 2006
Name: Terri Gibson
Age: 44
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Galveston, Texas
Cruise Line: RCCL
Cruise Ship: Splendour of the Seas
Date: June 14, 2005
Name: Jeanne Walsh
Age: 35
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: USA
Cruise Line: Private Boat
Cruise Ship: N/A
Date: April 2005
Name: Linda Hardy
Age: 62
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Germany
Cruise Line: Peter Deilmann River Cruises
Cruise Ship: Danube Princess
MdDS Clinical Study
Participants were recruited via advertisement in the newsletter of the Vestibular Disorders Association, Portland, Oregon.
Patients: Twenty-seven individuals with mal de debarquement syndrome were identified. To be included in the study, patients must have experienced at least 1 month of rocking or swaying following a cruise or airplane trip of at least 4 hours in duration.
Intervention: A questionnaire was administered.
Main Outcome Measure: Clinical features of mal de debarquement syndrome.
Results: Nearly all respondents were middle-aged women (26 of 27; mean age, 49. 3 years). The duration of symptoms ranged from 6 months to 10 years (mean, 3.5 years; SD, 2. 5 years). The symptoms were constant in 23 (85%) patients.
The syndrome usually occurs in middle-aged women following an ocean cruise. Symptoms are often refractory to vestibular suppressants as well as physical therapy.
Date: March 30, 2005
Name: Lynn Sedge
Age: 54
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Egypt
Cruise Line: Unknown
Cruise Ship: Unknown
Date: March 12, 2005
Name: Linda McManus
Age: 54
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: MSC Cruises
Cruise Ship: MSC Opera
Date: February 1, 2005
Name: Delores Nitz
Age: 71
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Mexican Riveria
Cruise Line: Norwegian Cruise Lines
Cruise Ship: Norwegian Star
Date: November 1, 2004
Name: Nancy Braun
Age: 63
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Ecuador
Cruise Line: Unknown
Cruise Ship: Unknown
Date: November 16, 2003
Name: Kay Taylor
Age: 60
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: Norwegian Cruise Lines
Cruise Ship: Unknown
Date: September 14, 2002
Name: Julie Lipp
Age: 45
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: New Orleans
Cruise Line: Unknown
Cruise Ship: Unknown
Date: September 2002
Name: Kimberley Johnson
Age: 26
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location:
Cruise Line: Unknown
Cruise Ship: Unknown
Date: September 25, 2001
Name: Betty Pecore
Age: 65
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Seattle, WA
Cruise Line: Norwegian Cruise Lines
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Date: February 18, 2001
Name: Marla Cruise
Age: 50
Cruise Bruise: MdDS
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: RCCL
Cruise Ship: Monarch Of The Seas
