A trip that started off great with a thorough review of cheap travel options and then purchase of cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, and cheap auto rentals or cheap vacation packages, can take a nasty turn if the one or more of the travelers get motion sickness.
Motion sickness is caused whenever the balance center in the inner ears senses motion that the eyes do not. People prone to motion sickness should not try reading on a winding road or on bumpy flights. The words on the page are still but a persons inner ear may sense movement. This can lead to nausea, dizziness, clammy hands, and vomiting.
One of the best techniques of avoiding motion sickness is to look at the horizon since that reference point allows a person to visualize moving. In a car it often helps to sit in a front seat since that permits you to see farther ahead. Seats near the wings of a plane, where the ride tends to be more stable, is where passengers should try to sit if susceptible to motion sickness.
The following are additional tips to help minimize motion sickness:
If driving, try to travel on highways vs. stop and go routes or windy back roads. Sometimes new shock absorbers can really help to minimize bounces. Cooler temperatures have also been found to help some stomachs.
If you want to divert your childrens attention while driving and think that watching a video will help, be aware that children react differently to watching shows. Typically kids do fine watching a fixed screen such as a DVD player in a car. However, tablets tend to be a problem because they can be hard to hold steady and hand held game consoles tend to provide too much visual stimulation at close range.
Instead try to occupy non-drivers by encouraging them to listen to iPods with their heads on car headrests for stability and eyes closed to limit stimuli.
Experts have found that the more someone tries to do while traveling the more likely that person will get nauseated.
Several drugs have proven useful in dealing with motion sickness. Scopolamine patches, which are available by prescription only, worn behind ears, tend to reduce nausea associated with motion sickness. This is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18 because of toxicity complications.
Over the counter options, including Dramamine, treat nausea and vomiting and often have the added benefit of inducing drowsiness. Sleeping people never suffer from motion sickness.
Ginger, which can be found in powdered ginger capsules, crystallized ginger or ginger Altoids, have been found to help prevent nausea associated with motion sickness.
Acupressure bands worn on a persons inner wrist sometimes helps avert nausea.
Remember there is no single motion sickness fighting technique that works equally well on everyone. Only by trying a number of different methods can you determine what is most effective for you and your fellow travelers.
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