{"id":2861,"date":"2020-09-23T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collincountyent.com\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:09:44","slug":"tips-to-prevent-motion-sickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collincountyent.com\/tips-to-prevent-motion-sickness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Prevent Motion Sickness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Do you often experience dizziness, nausea, and vomiting when in a car, boat, airplane, or amusement park rides?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most people who experience motion sickness have mild symptoms that can be treated with common remedies. But severe cases of motion sickness might require a consultation with a skilled ENT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The symptoms of motion sickness intensify when your brain is receiving conflicting messages from the body. If these messages don\u2019t match the motion you are experiencing, then it could result in nausea and discomfort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your sense of balance is affected by the interaction of the inner ears, eyes, muscle and joint sensory receptors, and the skin pressure receptors. The central nervous system interprets these messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the inner ears detect motions such as side-to-side, up-and-down, or forward-backward, then a message is sent to the brain to indicate the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, the eyes are monitoring where the body is in space, as well as the direction of the motion. If these messages are conflicting, then the central nervous system might trigger dizziness and other symptoms of motion sickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, if you are sitting in a moving car, then your skin receptors and inner ears detect the motion of the car. When your eyes are looking down and focused on your phone or a book, then the eyes aren\u2019t registering the visible movement through the windows. As a result, you might develop motion sickness symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One way to reduce the risk of motion sickness is to focus your eyes out the windshield so the visual messages match the motion that is experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n