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Oct 03 2008

How to avoid sea sickness

Published by youthfoutain at 6:05 pm under travel Edit This

Sea sickness is a common thing for most people. We get upset stomach and want to throw up. It’s the motion of the boat that is making us sick. I get car sickness all the time. If I’m driving then I won’t get it but if someone is driving me then yes I will get very sick. This is because the motion of the car moving is making us sick. You can do several things to help you from getting sick.

How is it that we get sea sickness? We feel nausated to the motion of the boat. The motor moving fast or changing to slow could cause us to feel upset in our stomach. If the boat would to stay silently then we wouldn’t feel that sick. It’s the motion of the movement that we are allergic to then. Sometimes being outside of the boat can make us feel sick too because the water breeze is not that suitable to our senses yet.

Have you ever gone on a ride like the one at Six Flag Magic Mountain. How do you feel afterward? You feel sick in your stomach right. I have throw up furiously several times after a park ride like this. The motion of the ride is what is shaking your stomach. Well, is there something that you can do about it? Not really, if you’re going to hop on the ride then you’ll be stuck with a stomach nausea. There’s not much you can do. You can try to take a pill but it may not help that much. If you don’t want the feelings just don’t hop on the ride.

When it comes to a boat ride, there’s nothing much we can do. we paid for our trip and expect to get a good trip from it. Sea sickness is not as bad as a ride at Six Flag Magic Mountain. Therefore, it’s mild and you can try to calm yourself down and enjoy the trip. It couldn’t be that bad on a boat because it’s going on one smooth motion.

There’s a few tips to help you out. You can drink some water to release your senses of stuffiness. You can take some pills that prevent sea sickness. You can sit in one place instead of moving around too much. Moving around too much will cause you to become more nauseated. You can lie down and rest if you are having major stomach problems. You take several deep breaths and that will help. You can do some stomach exercise to move the bad air around and strengthen your stomach for surviving the cruise. It’s the motion of the boat that is giving you problems so you just need to go with the flow and enjoy it. If this is your first time on a cruise ship then you will experience more problem than other people. First time is when your stomach has not adjust to the motion yet. As day goes by you will feel better once you have adapted to the motion.

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