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  1. Infographic: 21 Ways to Beat Travel Sickness

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  2. What is travel sickness and how to stop it

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  3. 8 Tips To Stop Travel Sickness Spoiling The Start Of Your Holiday

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  4. Beat Travel Sickness The Natural Way

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  5. What Causes Travel Sickness and What Can You Do to Combat It?

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  6. How to Prevent and Treat Motion Sickness While Flying

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  1. Motion sickness (travel sickness): Causes, remedies, and symptoms

    To help diagnose motion sickness, a doctor will ask about symptoms and find out what usually causes the problem (such as riding in a boat, flying in a plane, or driving in a car).

  2. Motion Sickness: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

    Motion Sickness. Motion sickness is a common condition that happens when you're in motion, like riding in a vehicle, while sitting still. It happens when your eyes, inner ear and body send conflicting messages to your brain. Symptoms include nausea, breaking out in cold sweat or headache. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent motion sickness ...

  3. Motion Sickness

    CDC Yellow Book 2024. Travel by Air, Land & Sea. Author (s): Ashley Brown. Motion sickness describes the physiologic responses to travel by air, car, sea, train, and virtual reality immersion. Given sufficient stimulus, all people with functional vestibular systems can develop motion sickness. People vary in their susceptibility, however.

  4. Travel and motion sickness: An expert weighs in on Dramamine, ginger

    Dramamine (dimenhydrinate) is a popular go-to remedy. It is somewhat effective at reducing motion sickness symptoms, but it is an antihistamine. Like all antihistamines, it may cause drowsiness, dizziness and decreased mental alertness. Some people may experience the exact opposite effects, including insomnia, excitability and restlessness.

  5. Motion Sickness: Surprising Causes and Symptoms

    Health Conditions. Treatment. Prevention. When to Get Help. Motion sickness ( kinetosis) causes symptoms that include dizziness, nausea, and headache. It occurs when you're moving (in a car, for example) and your brain receives mixed signals from your body, inner ear, and eyes about its surroundings.

  6. Traveler's Diarrhea: What It Is, Treatment & Causes

    Traveler's diarrhea is the most common travel-related illness. It affects between 30% and 70% of travelers, depending on the destination and the season. It's especially common in hot and/or humid climates, where bacteria breed more easily. Most of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and Central and South America have this type of climate ...

  7. Motion Sickness (Travel Sickness): Prevention and Treatment

    Ondansetron. Ondansetron is a powerful antisickness medicine which is most commonly used for sickness caused by chemotherapy, and occasionally used for morning sickness in pregnancy. It is not usually effective for motion sickness. This, and its relatively high cost means that it is not prescribed for motion sickness alone.

  8. Motion Sickness

    Motion sickness is a sick feeling triggered by movement. It occurs in cars, buses, trains, planes, or boats. It can occur on amusement rides or virtual reality experiences. Seeing the movement of others or things can trigger it. This condition is not life-threatening, however, it can make traveling unpleasant.

  9. Motion sickness

    Motion sickness is caused by repeated movements when travelling, like going over bumps in a car or moving up and down in a boat, plane or train. The inner ear sends different signals to your brain from those your eyes are seeing. These confusing messages cause you to feel unwell. Find out more about motion sickness, an unpleasant combination of ...

  10. Traveler's diarrhea

    Traveler's diarrhea is a digestive tract disorder that commonly causes loose stools and stomach cramps. It's caused by eating contaminated food or drinking contaminated water. Fortunately, traveler's diarrhea usually isn't serious in most people — it's just unpleasant. When you visit a place where the climate or sanitary practices are ...

  11. Why travel can make you exhausted just by sitting still

    For the driver: • Take regular breaks. This allows passengers to take a breather, and to reduce to a significant extent or even get over their symptoms. Sometimes symptoms can take a while to ...

  12. Travel Sickness

    Watching something on a tablet like a TV show or a film can often help with travel sickness by helping you to avoid the moving horizon or the view out of the side window. Avoid alcohol and eating too much as this can make feelings of travel sickness much worse. Travel Sickness. 8. Things That Have Helped Me.

  13. After Travel Tips

    If you have any injuries, scratches, or bug bites. Health care or medications you received during your trip. Close contact with other people, including sexual encounters. If you got any tattoos or piercings. If your healthcare provider has trouble determining why you are feeling sick, you may want to ask to speak with an infectious disease ...

  14. Why Can Motion Sickness Persist, Even After Your Cruise?

    Advertisement. After a few months of therapy, most people feel better and the persistent motion sensation no longer bothers them. However, another cruise — or whatever activity triggered mal de ...

  15. 10 common travel problems and how to deal with them

    From sickness to sunburn, here are 10 of the most common travel problems to look out for (and how best to prevent them). 1. Being unprepared. Photo credit: Lonely Planet. Before you head off abroad, you'll need to check what jabs are required. You'll be fine for most of Europe and North America, but for Asia, Africa and South and Central ...

  16. Motion Sickness

    Motion sickness is the most common medical problem associated with travel. WHAT IS MOTION SICKNESS? Some people experience nausea and even vomiting when riding in an airplane, automobile, or amusement park ride. This is called motion sickness. Motion sickness is often caused by multi-axial motion and acceleration, especially if the eyes are ...

  17. During Travel

    Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands. If you need to touch your face, make sure your hands are clean. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze. Avoid contact with people who are sick. If you get sick during travel, stay in your accommodations, unless you need ...

  18. Travel Sickness: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

    Travels sickness pills. Pills, such as Kwells travel sickness tablets, can help to relieve symptoms of travel sickness.. Our travel sickness tablets contain Hyoscine Hydrobromide 300mcg which temporarily reduces the effect of movement on the balance organs of the inner ear and the nerves responsible for nausea.

  19. 10 common travel problems and how to deal with them

    10 common travel problems and their solutions. 1. Getting lost. Some people have fantastic spatial awareness, others not so much, but most people have got lost at least once in their life. It can be a horrible feeling — your heart beating faster as the panic starts to rise.

  20. How to Avoid and Reduce the Symptoms of Altitude Sickness

    Know the symptoms. A.M.S. has four general symptoms: headache, gastrointestinal discomfort (nausea and lack of appetite), fatigue/weakness, and dizziness/lightheadedness. Many people experience ...

  21. Travel to High Altitudes

    Ascend gradually. Avoid traveling from a low elevation to an elevation higher than 9,000 feet (2,750 m) above sea level in one day. If possible, spend a few days at 8,000-9,000 feet before traveling to a higher elevation. This gives your body time to adjust to the lower oxygen levels. Once you are above an elevation of 9,000 feet, increase ...