You can get sickness from any kind of movement, motion sickness is the nausea, disorientation and fatigue that can be induced by head motion. People tend to get it on a moving boat, train, airplane, car, or amusement park rides. Motion sickness usually stops as soon as the motion stops.
Signs and Symptoms
The first is usually pallor and then Yawning, restlessness and a cold sweat forming on forehead often follow. As symptoms build, an upset stomach, fatigue or drowsiness may occur. The final stages are nausea and vomiting.
Causes
Sickness happens when the body, the inner ear, and the eyes send conflicting signals to the brain. When you are in a car, boat, or airplane, on flight simulators or amusement park rides. Your inner ear may sense rolling motions but your eyes cannot see.
Prevent:
-Sit in the front seat in a car. Do not sit in a seat facing backward and avoid sitting in the rear seat
-Keep your eyes on the horizon. Do not read while traveling.
-Do not watch or talk to another traveler
-Rest your head against the seat back, to keep it still.
-Turn the air vents toward your face.
-Don't smoke.
-Avoid rapid changes in position
-Avoid rapid head motion (especially turning or twisting)
Treatments:
1. Drugs
Drugs Don't Work In The Long Run and Can Have Serious Side Effects. The most common class of motion sickness drugs include: Scopolamine (Side effects may include dry mouth, drowsiness, blurred vision, and disorientation), Promethazine (Side effects may include drowsiness and dry mouth), Cyclizine (It is not recommended for children younger than 6, and side effects are similar to scopolamine), Dimenhydrinate (Side effects are similar to scopolamine), Meclizine (It is not recommended for children under 12, and side effects may include drowsiness and dry mouth)
2. Brain-training:
It's a best way to permanently cure your motion sickness because the more you travel, the more you get used to the motion. You can also take precautions to reduce the chance of getting sickness.
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