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To prevent motion sickness or sea sickness or altitude sickness: Avoid strong odors and spicy or greasy foods immediately before and during your travel. Medical research has not yet investigated the effectiveness of popular folk remedies such as soda crackers and & Seven Up® or cola syrup over ice.
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If you begin to feel sea sick, or motion sick; Eat frequent small quantities of soda crackers
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Not everyone who suffers from motion sickness feels giddy or faint but a lot still suffer from this symptom.
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Approximately 90% of adults will experience motion sickness at some time in their lives. However, it is much more common for children.
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The movement of a boat on a fluid sea creates stress in the portions of the brain responsible for balance. Perhaps that stress causes the brain to start malfunctioning as the land based environment it understands is suddenly not behaving, as it should.
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For motion sickness or sea sickness: Drink plenty of water. Even partial dehydration lowers your body's resistance to the stressful factors caused by diving and the boat ride. Take lots of water with you and drink often.
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Motion sickness causes reduced blood flow and this in turn reduces the body temperature making the sufferer feel cold and clammy.
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As you may have observed some families suffer from motion sickness more than others, there is also a racial difference which was shown in a medical trial. The Asian-American children suffered the most motion sickness, 100% of them and it was so bad for some of them they asked to leave the trial early.
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Acupressure bands have started appearing in pilot shops and catalogs. These are elastic bands with protrusions that apply pressure to the wrist, stimulating the median nerve in the fashion of acupuncture.
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On the Move for motion sickness can help prevent the unpleasant symptoms of travel sickness.