Seasickness. Definition, causes, symptoms and treatment features

Do you suffer from seasickness? Do you have a hard time traveling and flying? We'll give you some tips on how to minimize discomfort during motion sickness on the road.

For some people, the upcoming vacation causes not only a joyful feeling, but also excitement. Often the cause of such experiences is susceptibility to seasickness. Just the thought of a long plane flight, bus ride or boat trip makes such people despair. If this problem is relevant for you, then you should think about ways to get rid of seasickness.

Causes

There are many theories about the causes of seasickness. There is a version that an imbalance between different signals entering the brain is to blame for the unpleasant sensations. The vestibular system tells your nervous system that there is movement in your body, while other senses do not confirm this, since, for example, you are lying in your cabin.

Susceptibility to seasickness can be increased by external factors. These include reading on the road, nervous tension, eating and others.

Useful tips

Seasickness can be prevented or its symptoms and complications can be reduced by taking certain preventive measures.

Summer rest. Pathways and kinetosis...

Summer is a great time to relax! At this time, many happily leave their homes and hit the road. Some people are waiting for warm seas with beaches of cheerful multi-colored pebbles and golden sand. Others are attracted by the sights of mysterious Madrid or lush Rome. Still others prefer to retire to the wilderness of the countryside, away from the bustle and noise of a rural city, to enjoy the aroma of ripe garden apples or the intoxicating sweetish smell of flowers and herbs in the fields. Who likes what! But absolutely all citizens seeking to make the most of their vacation have one thing in common – the road. Moreover, mostly to where we planned, and back home. And just on the road, some will have to experience all the “delights” of seasickness.

Classification of the disease

Clinicians have determined that the disease arises from various ethologies and manifests itself in various symptoms. In this regard, doctors have identified several main forms that are often diagnosed:

nervous – manifests itself in dizziness, heaviness, headache, weakness, pale skin tone, increased sweating;
gastrointestinal – taste sensations are distorted, a person feels the taste of soap, nausea and vomiting appear, and a disgusted attitude towards different smells may develop;
cardiovascular - at the beginning of the onset of the disease, the patient is worried about a rapid heartbeat, a strong increase in blood pressure, rhythm disturbances, the pulse becomes rarer, and breathing becomes shallow;
mixed – the most common form of the disease; all the signs of seasickness appear.

The disease can also be determined by severity:

mild stage – the symptoms are minimal and only nausea, dizziness, and increased salivation are typical;
medium – stage 2 motion sickness can be recognized by sudden attacks of vomiting, weakness and sleep disturbances;
severe - all symptoms worsen.

Excerpt describing Seasickness

Alpatych, turning his face to Prince Andrei, looked at him; and suddenly raised his hand upward with a solemn gesture. “He is my patron, his will be done!” - he said. A crowd of men and servants walked across the meadow, with their heads open, approaching Prince Andrei. - Well, goodbye! - said Prince Andrei, bending over to Alpatych. - Leave yourself, take away what you can, and they told the people to go to Ryazan or Moscow Region. – Alpatych pressed himself against his leg and began to sob. Prince Andrei carefully pushed it aside and, starting his horse, galloped down the alley. At the exhibition, still as indifferent as a fly on the face of a dear dead man, an old man sat and tapped his bast shoe, and two girls with plums in their hems, which they had picked from the greenhouse trees, ran from there and stumbled upon Prince Andrei. Seeing the young master, the eldest girl, with fear expressed on her face, grabbed her smaller friend by the hand and hid with her behind a birch tree, not having time to pick up the scattered green plums. Prince Andrei, frightened, hastily turned away from them, afraid to let them notice that he had seen them. He felt sorry for this pretty, frightened girl. He was afraid to look at her, but at the same time he had an irresistible desire to do so. A new, gratifying and calming feeling came over him when, looking at these girls, he realized the existence of other, completely alien to him and just as legitimate human interests as those that occupied him. These girls, obviously, passionately desired one thing - to carry away and eat these green plums and not be caught, and Prince Andrei wished with them the success of their enterprise. He couldn't help but look at them again. Believing themselves to be safe, they jumped out of the ambush and, squealing something in thin voices, holding their hems, ran merrily and quickly through the grass of the meadow with their tanned bare feet. Prince Andrei refreshed himself a little by leaving the dusty area of the high road along which the troops were moving. But not far beyond the Bald Mountains, he again drove onto the road and caught up with his regiment at a halt, near the dam of a small pond. It was two o'clock after noon. The sun, a red ball of dust, was unbearably hot and burned my back through my black frock coat. The dust, still the same, stood motionless above the chatter of the humming, stopped troops. There was no wind, and while driving across the dam, Prince Andrei smelled the mud and freshness of the pond. He wanted to get into the water - no matter how dirty it was. He looked back at the pond, from which came screams and laughter. The small, muddy, green pond had apparently risen about two quarters high, flooding the dam, because it was full of human, soldier, naked white bodies floundering in it, with brick-red hands, faces and necks. All this naked, white human meat, laughing and booming, floundered in this dirty puddle, like crucian carp stuffed into a watering can. This floundering was filled with joy, and that is why it was especially sad. One young blond soldier - Prince Andrei knew him - of the third company, with a strap under his calf, crossing himself, stepped back to take a good run and splash into the water; the other, a black, always shaggy non-commissioned officer, waist-deep in water, twitching his muscular figure, snorted joyfully, pouring water on his head with his black hands. There was the sound of slapping each other, and squealing, and hooting. On the banks, on the dam, in the pond, there was white, healthy, muscular meat everywhere. Officer Timokhin, with a red nose, was drying himself on the dam and was ashamed when he saw the prince, but decided to turn to him: “That’s good, your Excellency, if you please!” - he said. “It’s dirty,” said Prince Andrei, wincing. - We'll clean it up for you now. - And Timokhin, not yet dressed, ran to clean it. - The prince wants it. - Which? Our prince? - voices spoke, and everyone hurried so much that Prince Andrey managed to calm them down. He came up with a better idea to take a shower in the barn. “Meat, body, chair a canon [cannon fodder]! - he thought, looking at his naked body, and shuddering not so much from the cold as from an incomprehensible disgust and horror at the sight of this huge number of bodies rinsing in the dirty pond. On August 7, Prince Bagration, in his Mikhailovka camp on the Smolensk road, wrote the following: “Dear Sir, Count Alexei Andreevich. (He wrote to Arakcheev, but knew that his letter would be read by the sovereign, and therefore, as far as he was capable of it, he thought about his every word.) I think that the minister had already reported on the abandonment of Smolensk to the enemy. It’s painful, sad, and the whole army is in despair that the most important place was abandoned in vain. I, for my part, asked him personally in the most convincing way, and finally wrote; but nothing agreed with him. I swear to you on my honor that Napoleon was in such a bag as never before, and he could have lost half the army, but not taken Smolensk. Our troops fought and are fighting like never before. I held 15 thousand for more than 35 hours and beat them; but he didn’t want to stay even 14 hours. This is shameful and a stain on our army; and it seems to me that he himself should not even live in the world. If he reports that the loss is great, it is not true; maybe about 4 thousand, no more, but not even that. Even if it’s ten, there’s war! But the enemy lost the abyss... Why was it worth staying two more days? At least they would have left on their own; for they had no water to drink for the people and horses. He gave me his word that he would not back down, but suddenly he sent a disposition that he was leaving that night. It’s impossible to fight this way, and we can soon bring the enemy to Moscow... There are rumors that you are thinking about peace. To make peace, God forbid! After all the donations and after such extravagant retreats - put up with it: you will put all of Russia against you, and each of us will be forced to wear a uniform for shame. If things have already gone this way, we must fight while Russia can and while people are on their feet...

Symptoms

With typical seasickness, characteristic symptoms are noted:

weakness,
brokenness,
headache,
dizziness,
vomit,
depression,
fatigue.

It should be remembered that manifestations similar to the symptoms of seasickness can occur with pathologies of the autonomic nervous system and inflammation of the inner ear. For this reason, making an accurate diagnosis is of particular importance, since, unlike seasickness, these diseases require treatment.

Interesting

It has been proven that during menstruation, women experience motion sickness more than usual. Therefore, it is better not to plan trips on critical days. If they are unavoidable, at least try to drive in the cooler parts of the day, and not in the very heat.

Drugs
Remedies for motion sickness

Remember, self-medication is life-threatening; consult a doctor for advice on the use of any medications.

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