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Showing posts with label ocean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ocean. Show all posts

August 11, 2014

Treatment for Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

Image from Frontiers in Neurology Mal de débarquement is a relatively rare balance disorder that occurs usually after traveling at sea. While on the boat, symptoms are absent, but once on land, there is a persistent swaying, rocking, and/or bobbing motion that is felt internally for months and even years. Physical findings of mal de debarquement include body oscillations at 0.2 Hz, oscillating vertical nystagmus when the head was rolled from side-to-side, and unilateral rotation during t…
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July 20, 2012

To Ear Plug or Not to Ear Plug

Seems like a fairly simple question... but oh what controversy it stirs up when regarding a patient with ear tubes who wants to go swimming. There are two schools of thought... 1) Based on evidence and research, no need to wear ear plugs... ever. The argument... Well, here's the research: A meta-analysis of swimming and water precautions. Water precautions and tympanostomy tubes: a randomized, controlled trial. A meta-analysis of swimming and water precautions. The effect of w…
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