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Symptoms of motion sickness, seasickness or altitude sickness: Feeling cold and clammy
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One tablet of trip ease should be taken at the start of each trip, and one every hour while the problem persists.
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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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Acupressure bands for motion sickness can help prevent the unpleasant symptoms of travel sickness.
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To avoid motion sickness, sea sickness or altitude sickness: Aboard a ship: stay toward the middle and look at the horizon. Avoid ship travel if possible. Stay out of small tight places where you can't see the horizon.
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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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What Can I Do for Motion Sickness: Do not watch or talk to another traveler who is having motion sickness.
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To relieve motion sickness or sea sickness, avoid alcoholic beverages at least 24 hours before travel.
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For motion sickness or sea sickness: If you are beginning to feel a bit queasy, stand up and look out over the horizon. Despite what you might think, sitting or lying down is the worst thing you can do at this point. Don't do it. This is a critical moment. You will get much worse even faster and may reach a point of no return if you make the wrong choice. Soda crackers seem to help some people by calming their stomachs and reducing nausea.
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Motion sickness or sea sickness is usually just a minor annoyance and does not signify any serious medical illness, but some travelers are incapacitated by it, and a few even suffer symptoms for a few days after the trip.