SEASICKNESS on land!
A 71-year old woman, Barbara Farrand,
has been diagnosed with one of the world’s
stranger illnesses, Mal de Debarquement
Syndrome, which gives her the symptoms of
sea sickness whilst she is on land.
Bizarrely this condition goes away when
sufferers are sailing at sea.
Farrand, who is an avid cruiser with an
impressive 47 voyages under her belt, was
not born with the illness, but rather first
noticed the symptoms of the condition after
returning home from her 47th voyage.
She told media that she found herself
“...
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