motion sickness

     

Motion sickness or kinetosis is a conition in which a disagreement exists between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement. Depending on the cause it can also be referred to as seasickness, carsickness, simulation sickness, airsickness, or space sickness.

Trivia about motion sickness

  • Sometimes experienced on a boat or plane, kinetosis is another term for this
  • Dramamine or phenergan taken about 1/2 hour before traveling will help prevent this
  • Some consider ginger superior to dramamine in preventing symptoms of this
  • Like Dramamine, Bonine is designed to prevent nausea & dizziness caused by this