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MdDS Balance Disorder Foundation
President: Marilyn Josselyn
Foundation Board Member: Linda McManus
Address: 22406 Shannondell Drive, Audubon, PA, 19403
Voice: (610) 382-2060
Fax: (210) 641-6077
E-mail: mddsfoundation@yahoo.com
Internet: www.mddsfoundation.org
Description:
The MdDS Balance Disorder Foundation is an international, all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to promote awareness of, find a cure for, and assist patients suffering with MdDS. Mal de debarquement syndrome (MdDS) or disembarkment syndrome is a rare disorder of perceived motion that most often develops after an ocean cruise or other type of travel or motion experience. More common in females, MdDS symptoms include persistent and long-lasting sensations of motion (rocking, swaying, or bobbing); this perceived motion is associated with fatigue, imbalance, and impaired cognitive function. MdDS is frequently misdiagnosed or goes undiagnosed because many in the health care community are unaware. Unfortunately, effective MdDS treatments/therapies are lacking and the cause of MdDS remains unknown.
