Children often feel sick in the stomach when traveling in a car, plane, ship or train. This condition is known as motion sickness. This disease is caused by receiving the wrong signals from the eyes, muscles, skin receptors, and the inner ear.
During the trip, body parts sent different signals to the brain. The eyes see things and sends signals about the direction of movement in motion. Sensory receptors and muscles send signals together on the movement of muscles and the position in which the body is. Skin receptors send signals about body parts in contact with the ground. The inner ear has fluid in the semicircular canals. This movement of fluid in the sense motion and direction as forward, backward, up, down, circular, or back and forth. When the brain receives timely reports from different parts of the body, try to find a relationship between all signals and then sketches a picture of body movement and position at any given time. But when the brain is not able to find a link and can not draw a picture of the received signals, the disease called motion sickness is experienced.
For example, if a child is in a car and read something at the same time, the eyes will see the book. However, the receptors of the skin and inner ear detects the motion of the body forward. The eyes and muscle receptors send signals that the body does not move. This confuses the brain and everything is mixed up in the head. This makes the child dizziness, upset stomach and fatigue, even. There is a possibility that the child vomits, it is recommended that parents carry a sick bag each time you travel with children. And if the child feels anxious or frightened, the condition may deteriorate further.
Although there are medicines available without prescription to treat motion sickness, some measures should be taken to avoid the drug, including motion sickness. The child should always be made to sit facing the direction to follow. He / she must not look back or feel, nor should it be to sit in a seat facing backward. This helps your ears and eyes to send the same signal type. It is good if the child is not involved in some activity like reading, playing video games or something that is stationary. He / she should ask to look abroad, especially when it is at a distance. The same applies when traveling on an airplane. When traveling on a boat, the child can go to the upper deck and watch the skyline. Basically, the child should focus on the things that are at a distance and in motion. When you look at something motionless, eyes confused and send wrong signals.
It also helps to sit in a place that moves the least. Usually, the central point of the body, so the closer the child sits in the center, the better. Like when a plane is good to sit on seats in the aisle and not those who are near the wings. If the child is sitting in the middle of the boat, instead of the front or side, dizziness, lower that the child will feel. Despite all these measures if the child is still feeling ill should consult a doctor. The doctor examines the inner ear of any defect. He will also check other parts of the body that are responsible for motion detection. Apart from medicine, pressure bracelets are also available in the local pharmacy. And with the realization of a sick bag or other plastic bag, the car can be stopped and the child must walk around to feel better.
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