car sickness

[tab_ranga]

how can my wife get rid of car sickness. She gets vomitting whenever she travels in bus, car or train etc. Could you please provide some suggestion to solve this problem?

[woofgang]

what has she tried already? you can get things called "sea bands" which you wear on your wrist, the accupressure is said to help, ginger in any form can be helpful, there are also medications such as "sea legs" tablets available from the chemist or stronger meds from your doctor.

[gerry]

Walking

[Cobalt272]

Traction Control in the more modern cars around today is meant to be helpful. woofgang must have meant accupunture (not accupressure) which my mum has done for me in the past. However, it worked for my sister and not for me, so it may not neccessarily help you. Go to see a specialist to get accupunture. See if it helps. Other remedies that don't seem to have any reason as to why they work are: -chewing gum -eating alot before leaving Also try occupying yourself with something during the journey. Having a good conversation with someone helps alot.

[woofgang]

no, I meant accupressure, the sea bands are elasticated with a nobble on them which presses on a point on the inside of your wrist and is said to assist to prevent motion sickness

[cheyenne]

you can get homeopathic remedys.tabacum may help reduce nausea.cocculus is used also.aromatherapy-orange oil helpfull in preventing travel sickness,also small sips of peppermint tea will help too.

[clarabel82]

I've heard that eating ginger (crystallised or ginger biscuits) is supposed to help, also sitting on a newspaper, but I don't know if it works!

[georgit79]

Yes, the sickness bands actually do work, and also make sure your wife is sitting in the front seat of the car, or at the front of the bus, or facing fowards on the train with a window seat. In the car or bus she needs to focus forwards on where she is going, and fix on a point in the distance. On a train, this is a little harder, but looking out of the window always helps me. That, or sleeping!

[New Forester]

As Georgit79 says, it helps to keep looking at something in the distance, preferably ahead. This allows your body to understand the joggling better, and is why few people get sick when driving themselves. Let her drive more...? Motion sickness happens when the signal from your inner ear doesn't match what you see. Looking steadily at something inside (like a book or map) is always worse, as your vision is too steady for the movement. I find any more than quite a small amount of alcohol makes motion sickness worse -- unless I've had so much that everything is moving anyway, when I'd feel sick regardless. Motion-sickness tablets can be good, though I think they can stop you driving safely. Some people are just lucky about this. I'm not too bad myself (except when at sea in a small boat, below decks). One of my daughters seems bombproof -- she'll happily read for hours in that same boat, in a chop. She was never sick as a baby, either.

[Rock Mommy]

Accupressure bands have worked a treat for me, as has sitting on newspaper, which sounds like complete tosh, but apparently works by altering the way in which you move in relation to the way in which the car moves.

[OBonio]

I tend to drive most places as I get ill as a passenger. If I'm not driving, then a few pints and a sleep work too.