1992
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.304.6826.544
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Survey of mal de debarquement.

Abstract: Comment This study shows that mal de debarquement is a benign, transient picture of a tumbling or swinging sensation but not true vertigo. The phenomenon seems to be quite common among crew members of fairly small seagoing vessels (73%). None of our subjects suffered persistent mal de debarquement3 or requested medical attention.The occurrence of mal de debarquement was positively correlated with all the parameters ofsusceptibility to seasickness but was not correlated with experience at sea-that is, both inex… Show more

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“…Although it seems MDD may be the rule rather than the exception, patients rarely seek medical care (1,9). Our case, however, demonstrates that MDD can persist for longer periods of time and be concerning enough to trigger an ED presentation.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 44%
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“…Although it seems MDD may be the rule rather than the exception, patients rarely seek medical care (1,9). Our case, however, demonstrates that MDD can persist for longer periods of time and be concerning enough to trigger an ED presentation.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 44%
“…Most cases resolve spontaneously over a few hours or days, but occasionally symptoms may not fade away for several weeks, as in our case (1,2,7,9). Of note, some reports and texts use the term MDD or "persistent MDD" to describe a rare and sometimes debilitating syndrome lasting months, years, or even decades.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 67%
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“…We used 3 days as inclusion criteria based on Gordon's two studies of 116 [5] and 234 [6] navy crewmen which found that MdD symptoms resolved within 2 days in all these presumably normal individuals. Our study confirmed our clinical impression that many spells that last more than three days resolve in less than one month and that the majority of spells that last longer than a month still resolve in less than one year.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mal de debarquement is a sensation of swinging, swaying, unsteadiness, and disequilibrium which appears when the subject returns to land after exposure to ship motion [83]. Similar symptomatology has been described in pilots after flight simulator training [84] and in astronauts on their return to earth [85].…”
Section: Motion Sickness and Mal De Debarquementmentioning
confidence: 82%