| Motion sickness affects many people when they | | | | things in your life that are stressful. |
| ride in cars and on boats but perhaps the | | | | These can help you in everyday life but also |
| most inconvenient place to experience it is | | | | will help to make your flight more enjoyable. |
| on a plane. Referred to as airsickness, it | | | | |
| can be terribly inconvenient to be trapped on | | | | 2. Don't overeat before flying. OK, so if |
| an airplane unable to get up from your seat | | | | you know you get airsick you probably already |
| when you are feeling nauseous. | | | | feel queasy just thinking about getting on |
| | | | the plane so overeating probably isn't going |
| Airsickness is nothing to be embarrassed | | | | to be a problem for you. However, some folks |
| about, in fact almost 29% of all pilots even | | | | might want to eat up before they get on the |
| experience it! This is a normal body | | | | plane and it's thought that large meals, |
| response to an unusual stimulus. Your eyes | | | | especially ones loaded with salt, might |
| are seeing that you are sitting in one place | | | | trigger airsickness. |
| but your ears or "vestibular organs" can feel | | | | |
| that you are moving up and down. The result | | | | 3. Don't move around too much in flight. |
| can be dizziness, loss of appetite, nausea, | | | | Well, it stands to reason that if you have |
| burping and increased salivation. | | | | motion sickness, adding more motion into the |
| | | | mix will make you feel worse so if you are |
| Since airsickness is a problem for millions | | | | already feeling the affects of airsickness |
| of travelers as well as pilots, there have | | | | just stay put in your seat. |
| been many studies done to determine how to | | | | |
| avoid the affects of this problem. Below are | | | | 4. Don't worry, be happy. If you get |
| some tips that have been learned through the | | | | airsick, there really isn't a lot you can do |
| studies, perhaps they can help you avoid | | | | about it but if you let the anticipation of |
| airsickness on your next flight. | | | | being airsick get you into a frenzy then your |
| | | | experience will probably be much worse. The |
| 1. Don't fly when you are stressed out. | | | | best thing to do is just accept the fact that |
| According to these studies the two most | | | | you might feel a little motion sick and let |
| common causes of airsickness are anxieties | | | | your body and mind become accustomed to the |
| and stress. If you are already stressed out | | | | environment. If you approach it with a |
| before you even board the plane, your chances | | | | relaxed attitude, you may even start to enjoy |
| of experiencing airsickness are increased | | | | yourself after a few hours into the flight. |
| because your body already has too much to | | | | |
| deal with and will have a hard time adjusting | | | | Airsickness is not a huge problem and |
| to the sudden change of environment. But who | | | | shouldn't get in the way of you flying off |
| isn't stressed out these days? Since stress | | | | for an exotic vacation. You just need to |
| may be hard to avoid, you might try learning | | | | relax and learn to adjust the body's |
| some stress reduction techniques or change | | | | condition so as to avoid conflict of senses. |