Sea-sickness
If you’ve ever felt your stomach turn from the rocking of a boat or the turbulence of a flight, then you’ve experienced the discomfort of seasickness or motion sickness.
Although it doesn’t cause long-term health problems, even labeling this condition as a disease is an overstatement, but it can make your life a real misery, especially if you have to travel a lot.
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People can feel sick from the movement of cars, planes, trains, amusement park facilities, etc. Sometimes motion sickness is also calledmotion sickness or motion sickness.
Video games, flight simulators and observation under a microscope can also cause motion sickness. In such cases, the eyes see movement, but the body does not feel it.
Children 5 to 12 years of age, women and the elderly are more susceptible to motion sickness, but it is significantly less common in children under 2 years of age.
What are the symptoms?
The most typical complaints of those affected are:
• General malaise;
• Nausea, vomiting, or both at the same time;
• Headache;
• Breaking out in a cold sweat, which means a person is sweating without actually being overheated ;
• Pale appearance;
Symptoms usually disappear soon after the movement stops. But sometimes it may take several days for motion sickness to subside.
Your body may get used to the unusual movements on extended trips such as cruises. But when you return to land, the lack of the standard rocking motion may cause symptoms to return for some time. usually short, time.
Symptoms usually resolve on their own within about 3 days after the end of travel. If this does not happen, it is necessary to seek medical help.
It is possible that the symptoms are due to another condition that could be causing the nausea or vomiting such as stomach flu or an inner ear infection.
Seasickness treatment
The most effective way of treatment is to stop rocking which causes the body to react. If you cannot stop this unusual movement of your body, sit or lie down in a place where the rocking is weaker.
When traveling by plane, it is preferable to reserve a seat near the wings of the aircraft. If you are sailing on a ship, stay as long as possible on the deck with your eyes fixed on the horizon, and if you can’t get out, stay longer in the center of the craft.
You can also use over-the-counter or over-the-counter medications to prevent or reduce nausea or vomiting. Most medications are most effective if started before travel.
Medicines have different effects, some of them are sedatives that reduce the impact of rocking on the body. Others suppress the reactions of nausea and vomiting.
The following medicines can be used to prevent seasickness:
• Scopolamine;
• Promethazine;
• Antihistamines which include dimenhydrant. Do not give your child antihistamines unless your child’s doctor has recommended that you do so . If your doctor has told you to give your child a certain medicine, be sure to follow their advice on exactly how to administer it.
People often try alternative methods to prevent seasickness by taking ginger root juice or applying acupuncture strips. There is little scientific evidence that these methods actually work. But it won’t hurt you to try.
