How to Avoid Motion Sickness While Traveling: 6 Tips
Prone to motion sickness on long trips? Here is how to avoid motion sickness with medicine, sleep, lighter meals, the right seat and ginger candy.
When you ride in a vehicle, you tend to feel dizzy and nauseous because your eyes are focused on something that is still inside the vehicle.
This happens because of a mismatch between the information the brain receives from the body, which senses motion, and from the eyes, which are focused on a stationary object. So try to focus your gaze on moving objects outside the window to avoid the symptoms of motion sickness while you travel.
Tips to Avoid Motion Sickness While Traveling
To avoid motion sickness on the annual mudik trip home for Eid (Lebaran), there are several tips you can try. They can also be adjusted to your body's condition and the situation you face. Let's take a look. Here are the tips for avoiding motion sickness on a trip:
Take Anti-Motion-Sickness Medicine
Fairly severe motion sickness usually makes you vomit. If you have those symptoms, you should take anti-motion-sickness medicine. You can even take it before the trip, following the recommended dose.
Sleep While Traveling
Sleeping on the road can ease motion sickness that is quite bothersome. Anti-motion-sickness medicine usually makes you drowsy, so you can sleep soundly during the trip. With the prevention and treatment above, we hope the motion sickness you experience can be overcome and will not spoil your holiday trip.
Do Not Overeat
Eating until you are too full can also be one cause of motion sickness. To avoid it, do not eat too much before a long trip. Cut back your portions on long journeys so you do not get sick easily along the way. Also try to avoid foods that can trigger motion sickness.
Seating Position in the Vehicle
Some people cannot sit in the back when riding in a car. The usual reason is that it can make them motion sick, so they have to sit in the front seat. Why does sitting in the back cause motion sickness?
The reason is that the car body follows the front end when turning, so people in front barely feel the movement. People sitting in the middle or last row, however, feel the movement inside the car. That is what can cause motion sickness.
Read also: How to Get Rid of Motion Sickness Permanently
Cut Back on Activities Like Playing With Your Phone
Playing with your phone in a vehicle, whether a car, plane or ship, can also make you motion sick. To deal with it, stop playing with your phone and start closing your eyes or looking around so you can adjust to your surroundings. Gradually, the motion sickness eases once you stop using your phone.
Chew Candy
Chewing candy can ease motion sickness, especially if you choose a candy with a pleasant aroma or a candy made for motion sickness. Bring motion sickness candy, such as ginger candy, in generous amounts to relieve the nausea.
That wraps up my review of tips to avoid motion sickness on a trip. I hope it is useful.
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