{"id":19610,"date":"2026-10-09T16:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/?p=19610"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:23:31","slug":"dizziness-after-travel-mdds-or-pppd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/patientenblog\/schwindel-nach-reise-mdds-oder-pppd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dizziness after travel? MdDS or PPPD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/mal-de-debarquement-syndrome\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mal de d\u00e9barquement syndrome<\/a> (MdDS) as well as in PPPD (<a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/persistent-postural-perceptual-dizziness-pppd\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness<\/a>) Those affected suffer from a torturous, persistent feeling of fluctuation, oscillation, or swaying. But how do you distinguish the two diseases cleanly from one another?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two most important distinguishing features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The trigger: MdDS typically begins within 48 hours after prolonged passive locomotion (ship, plane, car, or train travel). PPPD, on the other hand, usually occurs after an acute vestibular disorder or as a result of severe psychological stress such as panic, shock, or grief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The reaction to passive movement: The most definitive criterion! In MdDS, symptoms noticeably improve during passive movement (e.g., when driving a car or riding a train), or they even disappear completely. In PPPD, the opposite is true: Passive movement usually significantly increases the feeling of dizziness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why differentiation is crucial: Although the symptoms in everyday life may be similar, both disease patterns require different focuses in vestibular rehabilitation. Therefore, an accurate history is the indispensable foundation for therapeutic success!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Do you want to understand the mechanisms in the brain and evidence-based exercise approaches for sustained fluctuations in detail? Take a look now at our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/mal-de-debarquement-syndrome\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient information<\/a> or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vU_mZ-lCKJE\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vU_mZ-lCKJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main video on YouTube<\/a> may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Are you looking for qualified therapists near you who specialize in dizziness? Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-patients\/dizziness-vestibular-therapist-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapist search<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sowohl beim Mal-de-D\u00e9barquement-Syndrom (MdDS) als auch bei PPPD (persistierender postural-perzeptiver Schwindel) leiden Betroffene unter einem qu\u00e4lenden, dauerhaften Schwank-, Wipp- oder Schaukelgef\u00fchl. Doch wie unterscheidet man die beiden Erkrankungen sauber voneinander? Die zwei wichtigsten Unterscheidungsmerkmale: \ud83d\udc49 Du m\u00f6chtest die Mechanismen im Gehirn und evidenzbasierte \u00dcbungsans\u00e4tze bei Dauerschwanken im Detail verstehen? Schau dir jetzt unsere ausf\u00fchrliche Patienteninformation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_jf_save_progress":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patientenblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19612,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19610\/revisions\/19612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19610"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}