What is Motion Sickness ?
Motion sickness occurs when your brain can’t make sense of information sent from your eyes, ears and body. Lots of motion — in a car, airplane, boat, or even an amusement park ride — can make you feel queasy, clammy or sick to your stomach. Some people vomit. Being carsick, seasick or airsick is motion sickness.
Cause for Motion sickness:
Motion sickness is an imbalance between what you see and what you feel. In the car, the car is moving forward. However, your body is standing still. This imbalance is what causes you to feel sick.
Signs and symptoms of motion sickness include:
• a feeling of uneasiness followed by cold sweats,
• dizziness,
• nausea, and
• vomiting.
Other symptoms associated with motion sickness can include
• headache,
• fatigue or tiredness,
• increased saliva production, and
• pallor (pale skin).
Symptoms can vary from mild to severe and may come and go.
Risk factors for motion sickness
While most people may experience motion sickness, some factors may make motion sickness more likely to occur, including:
• Women are generally more susceptible than men.
• Children are more susceptible than adults (generally between the ages of two and 12 years).
• Hormonal factors include pregnancy, menstrual cycle factors and oral contraceptives.
• Other balance disorders may be a factor, particularly vestibular disease and migraine.
• A person who has experienced motion sickness in the past may have worse symptoms on future trips by expecting to feel sick.
Precaution to take for motion sickness.
1. Avoid heavy meals, excessive liquids or alcohol.
2. Avoiding strong food odors may also prevent nausea.
3. Try to choose a seat where you will experience least motion.
4. Do not sit facing backwards from direction of your travel.
5. Open a vent or source of fresh.
6. Do not read while traveling if you are prone to motion sickness.
7. Sit in the front seat of a car.
Homeopathic Remedies:
In homeopathy, we choose medicine on the basis of patient’s symptoms & individuality. There are few common medicines for Motion Sickness listed below:
1. Aconite: This Homoeoapthic remedy used when one faces excessive restlessness and fear along with high heat and an urge to cool down with cold drinks.
2. Borax: Taken when symptoms arise due to a downward movement like during turbulence or sudden dipping of the plane. This sudden movement causes anxiety, fidgeting, distress, and confusion. Also, helpful in people who are scared of the dip of the plane during landing.
3. Cocculus: This Homeopathic remedy can be taken when a person experiences symptoms of nausea, salivation, dizziness, and wants to lie down in order to prevent vomiting. If the sight and smell of food make a person unwell they can also take this medicine.
4. Nux Vomica: This homeopathic remedy used when a person feels nausea, syncope, and a feeling of faintness along with being sensitive to even slight movements. In this, the person is usually irritable. Other symptoms that are seen in this are constipation or indigestion and a splitting or severe headache.
5. Petroleum: This homeopathic remedy used when a person experiences nausea, headache, dizziness, cold sweat, vomiting, extreme hunger, or eating disorder along with a feeling of being confused and angry. Usually, this condition is worsened by nausea.
6. Tabacum: This Homeoapthic medicne used by people experience extreme motion sickness, to the extent of being pale and saliva filled mouth. These people might suffer from the severest form of palpitations and nausea. Closing the eyes and breathing fresh and cold air helps to relieve the symptoms.
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Dr. Mansi Joshi
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