Traveling is one of the most common hobbies of our time. It can sometimes be dreaded due to the sickness some people feel after spending time in a moving car, ship, train or even aircraft.

Traveling can be a nightmare for the victims of motion sickness especially when it’s a long journey by road. It is very common in children and pregnant women.

Motion sickness is usually caused by the disagreement between the vestibular system’s sense of movement and visually perceived movement, typically resulting from travel is known as motion sickness. In a simpler context, it is caused by conflicting signals in the inner ear, eyes, and sensory receptors.

Motion sickness can be caused by the repeated movement of a car; like when a car enters pot holes or moves over bumps repeatedly. Irregular passage of air in a moving car can also lead to motion sickness.

Symptoms of car (motion) sickness:

Quick feeling you need to throw up (nausea)
Dizziness
Increase in saliva production
Loss of appetite
Pale skin

In addition to the above symptoms, some people get headaches, feel very tired, or have shallow breathing.

Please, motion sickness is not contagious.

7 Ways to effectively handle car (motion) sickness:

1. Motion sickness can reduced by making sure the car one is traveling in is well ventilated. The individual who’s affected can do well to sit near the window in order to receive enough air.

2. Avoid operation of electronic gadgets because this sometimes leads to dizziness. Avoid reading.

3. Closing your eye can be of help and try to remove your focus from the moving car; maybe counting backwards from 100 to 0.

4. Look at stable objects. You can fix your gaze through the windshield.

5. Avoid alcohol, eat lightly and don’t fast.

6. Avoid eating heavy or spicy food during travel to avoid feeling sick afterwards.

7. Some people feel like they get relief by consuming these edibles:

Raw ginger – There’s some scientific proof that this root is an effective remedy for nausea.
Mint – Eating peppermint is thought to calm the body. At the very least, the aroma may soothe you.


SOURCE: https://autojosh.com/caar-motion-sickness-travel/

FTC

The Mint is true.. That's the perfect remedy for me.. Mint bubble gum, sweet, inhaler etc

Thanks OP, I usually get dizzy when I use my phone wile travelling.

So, I just turn listen to music on my earphone and close my eyes while leaning on the headrest.
And it helped me.

Nice post
I suffer from motion sickness as a passenger but don't wen I'm driving.....

Get cough inhaler; the liquid type. Just take a drag from it once in awhile throughout d journey. Thank me later...

Nice

This happens to me every time I travel especially with commercial buses , and less with private cars.

My personal antidote is not eating anything (infact I stop eating the night before the journey) before embarking on the journey and with enough Bitter Kola, it has worked for me

You just saved me meeeehhhnnn...

There Is A Pill For Motion Sickness

That's The Solution OP

Stop Beaten Around The Bush

my sister has done all these and yet still vomits and looks so pale like a ghost when traveling
I don't know what else to do to help her

It doesn't happend to me but I don't like eating before travelling.

I think closing your eyes while listening to your favourite songs will help alot.

Emmzy201:
my sister has done all these and yet still vomits and looks so pale like a ghost when traveling
I don't know what else to do to help her

Like how old is she??
Learnt it happen more with teens and young lady

That doesn’t work for me...what works for me is alvomite don’t know if I got the spelling right. I take it before traveling and it makes me sleep throughout the journey

oyi1:
There Is A Pill For Motion Sickness

That's The Solution OP

Stop Beaten Around The Bush

that’s the alvomite I think...it works wonders

God is the only way

oyi1:
There Is A Pill For Motion Sickness

That's The Solution OP

Stop Beaten Around The Bush

I agree completely. For a long journey, those proposed solutions will likely fail. I used to dread road journeys then. Avomin a good antidote if I must travel long distance by road.

3kay945:

Like how old is she?? Learnt it happen more with teens and young lady

you are right.... she's just seventeen

It can be a terrible thing, only those of us that suffers from it knows. It makes me dread travelling especially in AC fitted vehicles.
It can also help if you sit at the front, you will notice that when you drive you that have motion sickness.There is a medication, scopolamine, not buscopan o, that can also help.The problem is I have searched throughout my state for the medication, I hsve not found it.

Thank you Op,
I have been suffering from motion sickness since when i was a baby (am 32 now) but surprisingly when i drive myself i wont fell any symptoms of motion sickness.
I also observed that when i entered some cars (prado, liteace 18 seater) with A.C on withing 30mins to 1hr o fell as if am gonna pass out.

I enter the car with a bottle of coke, i take a sip when ever i start feeling like throwing up, thats my remedy.

Freeko4:
Nice post
I suffer from motion sickness as a passenger but don't wen I'm driving.....

Same here, am still wondering

Eco2580:
Thank you Op,
I have been suffering from motion sickness since when i was a baby (am 32 now) but surprisingly when i drive myself i wont fell any symptoms of motion sickness.
I also observed that when i entered some cars (prado, liteace 18 seater) with A.C on withing 30mins to 1hr o fell as if am gonna pass out.

You are not alone on this...... A.C and phone are my worst enemy.

My is tom Tom sweet or find something to munch or drink... I dare not read nor play with my gadgets...

However, I envy those who can do this conveniently while traveling without feeling anyhow...

Everything is me..! Thank you..! Good to know the causes and solution of it.

julieeni:
That doesn’t work for me...what works for me is alvomite don’t know if I got the spelling right. I take it before traveling and it makes me sleep throughout the journey

Stop taking that shit OK? Sleep all through journey ke? Abeg stop..kidnapers on the loose o. God safe you.

Long journey always dealing with me

thanks op, but motion sickness... make i hear, i love traveling....my hobby....