Three effective ways to prevent motion sickness

Training the vestibular system to be less sensitive is the most effective way to prevent motion sickness for those who "vomit every time they get in a car".

I used to get seasick myself, so I understand and sympathize with those who have to travel a lot. However, I have completely recovered from seasickness after successfully applying 3 methods: using anti-sickness medicine, driving myself (in fact, no driver gets seasick), practicing and following the rules when sitting in a car.

1. Use anti-motion sickness medication:Apply this method if you want to keep it simple and effective, take 2 pills for each trip. Go to the pharmacy and buy 2 anti-motion sickness pills (small white pills, French type). Eat a full meal, do not go hungry, drink enough water and take 2 pills 30 minutes before getting on the bus.

It is especially important to note that you must take the medicine at least 30 minutes before getting on the car, and not take it with any other anti-motion sickness medication. Otherwise, the medicine will not work. It is very effective, almost does not cause drowsiness or motion sickness. Many people get sick but when taking it, they find it extremely effective, can go hundreds of kilometers without feeling anything.

Self-driving is also an effective way to prevent motion sickness. Photo: MSN.

2. Self-driving:If you can afford it, learn to drive and drive yourself. A friend of mine’s wife also suffered from motion sickness. Her husband cured it by making her drive himself. After a while, she no longer felt sick.

3. Practice and follow the rules:Sit in the same direction as the car (face the same direction as the car is moving, absolutely do not sit facing the opposite direction), do not lie down. Look at the road through the windshield, observe the traffic situation on the road, imagine you are driving. Limit looking through the window, do not look at objects that are too close moving past continuously, it will make you dizzy.

Don't sit at the back of the car. Sit on the rear axle because it's the least prone to swerving when turning. Put cotton balls in your ears, it'll be much more comfortable without the roar of the engine.

Don't roll down the windows and use a car with air conditioning. Because rolling down the windows will cause gasoline fumes to enter the car. If the air conditioning smells bad, you can use tangerines or pineapples to remove the smell. Don't read anything in your hands (books/cell phones/laptops...), and minimize texting because these actions make the vestibular system work harder than usual. You can make phone calls.

When the car brakes, breathe slowly, gradually inhale deeply until your lungs are fully filled, hold your breath, do not exhale quickly, hold your breath until the car has completely decelerated and started moving steadily, then exhale gently but slowly, then breathe deeply about 2 or 3 more times.

This is very important, many drunk people have vomited when the car brakes suddenly or stops to pick up passengers. Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly helps the body get more oxygen, holding the breath, and at the same time this is a "trick" to reduce the sensitivity of the vestibular system.

Compared to the first method of using medicine, this method is a bit complicated and requires you to follow it correctly to be effective.However, if you apply it successfully, you will be very happy, because from now on you can travel and work comfortably by car without worrying about motion sickness. I have shared this method with many people, and most of them found it effective.

My brother and I are both strong people, but before, traveling by train or car was very difficult, only 15-20 km and we got sick. Every time we got sick, it was like a serious illness, no longer interested in going sightseeing or traveling. Being a stubborn person, I could not bear such "silly" motion sickness.

I have thought and researched a lot. What makes people get seasick? Why do some people get seasick and others don't? Why don't you get seasick when riding a motorbike, but do you get seasick when sitting in a car, even though you are still sitting on another moving object that moves your body. The answer lies in the human vestibule. The reason why humans can stand, walk, climb stairs, balance (acrobatics), and move flexibly on their feet without falling is thanks to the vestibule.

The vestibular system helps the body sense space and control balance. You can tell if you are standing upright, tilted, or upside down with your eyes closed, or when you walk in the dark, you don't need your eyes to keep your balance. The vestibular system is so useful, but for people with motion sickness - people with oversensitive vestibular systems - it is a problem.

When people get carsick, their vestibular system is more active than usual. It tries to sense space and the relative position of the body. However, at the same time, the other two senses, the eyes and ears, are also active. Information received from these three organs is not unified, leading to the body losing control of balance and starting to feel nauseous.

For example, when a car brakes suddenly or accelerates, the vestibular system senses the change in acceleration. However, the human eye sees the interior or some objects in the car that are not moving relative to the body, so the two information from vision and vestibular system are not consistent.

Hearing a loud engine makes the car feel fast, but the car may not actually be going fast and the vestibule senses that the car is not going fast (because the driver is driving in low gear, when going uphill for example). The inconsistency between the vestibule, eyes and ears causes the feeling of motion sickness in the body. So all training methods or driving rules must revolve around the issue of reducing the sensitivity of the vestibule (temporarily "turning" it off).

You will notice that the above advice not to do when driving a car is also based on this principle: sitting backwards, lying down, reading, looking at houses and cars passing by continuously... are actions that make the vestibular system work harder.

According to VNE