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Motion Facts and Information

1. Motion Sickness is a syndrome that occurs in some people when they travel in a vehicle such as an automobile, airplane, or ship. Its symptoms include nausea, dizziness, vomiting, drowsiness, pallor, and sweating. Why some people experience motion sickness and others don't, is uncertain.
   

2. Different textbooks have different definitions, but basically motion sickness -- also called air sickness, sea sickness or car sickness -- is nausea and vomiting triggered by disturbance of the vestibular apparatus. The vestibular apparatus refers to the semicircular canals of the inner ear, which we use to maintain balance and sense orientation and movement.
   

3. Motion sickness is also a learned malady, which can be unlearned. Roughly 17 percent of military pilot-trainees experience motion sickness serious enough to interfere with aircraft control, but only about 1 percent actually wash out due to air sickness. The rest simply learn to deal with it.
   

4. The success of acupuncture as an anti-nausea treatment led to the development of a device called the ReliefBand, which has just come onto the market to relieve motion sickness, sea sickness and altitude sickness.
   

5. On the Move for motion sickness can help prevent the unpleasant symptoms of travel sickness.
   

6. To relieve motion sickness or sea sickness drink as little as possible.
   

7. What causes Motion Sickness, sea sickness or altitude sickness: Racial and Genetic Differences
   

8. Most medications for motion sickness need to be taken at least 30 minutes before exposure to the activity that can cause the problem.
   

9. To avoid motion sickness, sea sickness or altitude sickness: In the car: sit in the front seat or drive.
   

10. To prevent motion sickness or sea sickness or altitude sickness: Do not watch or talk to another traveler who is having motion sickness.
    

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