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1. Frequent falls because lack of balance.
I know you must have been walking on a path sometime when something, a protruding rock, a loose pebble, a banana peel, mango seed or perhaps a missed step threw you off step. Walking when absentminded Or when walking on our muddy kenyan roads and you lost your balance. But did you fall? My bet would be that you didn't, you were able to recover your balance and keep from falling.
When you have MD, all the above things will have you losing your balance and on the ground in a matter of seconds. Funny thing is that, when you are up again, at times you can't see what it is that threw you to the ground!!
Bottom line, if you have MD the fear of falling might be your greatest fear.

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