http://www.windycitizen.com/tag/loyola-university The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/health/2009/11/14/loyola-university-senior-rescues-stardom-from-syndrome <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/files/LauraDitscheit.jpg" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p><!--paging_filter-->Loyola University senior Laura Ditscheit's athletic &amp; academic career appeared to be washed up on the shore of mediocrity when she fought back against frequent bouts of dizziness. The culprit? Opsoclonus myoclonus, a rare incapacitating syndrome poetically described as &quot;dancing eyes/dancing feet.&quot; </p> chicagotribune.com http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/health/2009/11/14/loyola-university-senior-rescues-stardom-from-syndrome#comments antibodies athlete autoimmune disorder Bernd Remler cancer cancers coach director Dizziness ear inflammation Florida Atlantic Froedtert Hospital Gentile Center Health incapacitating syndrome Julie Ditscheit Larry Laura Ditscheit Lauren Ditscheit Loyola University Marcie Wolbeck Medical College of Wisconsin Michael Pranzatelli Milwaukee Milwaukee,Wisconsin,United States myoclonus National Pediatric Myoclonus Center nausea Opsoclonus planner plasmapheresis rare syndrome scholarship athlete senior tri-captain United States vestibular neuritis volleyball player Wisconsin Wisconsin,United States academic athletic dancing eyes/dancing feet syndrome Laura Ditscheit Loyola University Opsoclonus Myoclonus Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:59:44 -0600 20083 at http://www.windycitizen.com