Air sickness

Stealth Pilot writes:

what *causes* motion sickness oh wise one?

The exact mechanism is still unclear, especially for motion sickness induced
by stimuli other than motion, such as moving pictures.

"Amine" wrote in message
...
Does motion sickness fade away with experience? How many of you
seasoned pilots had/still have serious issues with recurrent nausea?
(Assuming of course an otherwise good health.)

Had a guy in our club learning to fly. He had over 70 hours and had to
quit. Got sick every time he flew. He started again after being off for a
year. Ate a large spoon of creamy peanut butter about half an hour before
he flew and never had another problem. He just passed his checkride last
Tuesday and doesn't need the peanut butter any more!

Viperdoc writes:

Anthony, reading about something or looking it up does not equate with
knowledge or experience, just as in flying or medicine.

Then why do doctors do so much reading?

The exact mechanism is still unclear, especially for motion sickness
induced
by stimuli other than motion, such as moving pictures.

The exact mechanism is unclear to you, Anthony, because you don't know what
you're talking about, as usual.

Then why do doctors do so much reading?

Because it's knowledge along with experience that brings expertise, not
reading alone.

Just put a lolopop in your mouth. You cant get sick while sucking on a
lolipop.
Try it. You can thank me later.

On Mon, 26 May 2008 20:00:49 GMT, "muff528"
wrote:


"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 26 May 2008 14:52:50 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Amine writes:

Does motion sickness fade away with experience?

Motion sickness caused by a specific situation tends to fade when that
situation is regularly and frequently experienced. It may still occur in
other situations, and the resistance to motion sickness even in the target
situation will fade if the situation is not encountered fairly frequently.

what *causes* motion sickness oh wise one?

Me! Me! ....call on me! I've got my hand up!
My guess, just off the top of my head, would be ........... motion!
But it's probably more complicated than that.......prolly some math or
something involved. :-)

TP


as far as I am aware the current medical thinking is that the symptoms
of (food) poisoning cause a difference between the somatogravic system
(balance in the inner ears) and the positional appreciation in the
mind from visual cues. we have evolved so that when this occurs we
heave up the stomach contents to remove from the body the source of
the poisoning.
unfortunately gyrations in an aircraft can cause differences between
the visual appreciation of position and the messages our inner ears
are giving us and this triggers the same primitive reflex.

the upside of all this is that the typical 2 litre ice cream container
holds a little more than the vomit volume and has a sealable lid.
carry one in your aircraft :-)

see MX, you didnt have a clue.

Stealth Pilot

Viperdoc writes:

The exact mechanism is unclear to you, Anthony, because you don't know what
you're talking about, as usual.

The exact mechanism is unclear to everyone.

However, if the mechanism is clear to you, why don't you explain it? That
would be far more productive than trying to discredit me.

"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
...
...
the upside of all this is that the typical 2 litre ice cream container
holds a little more than the vomit volume and has a sealable lid.
carry one in your aircraft :-)


Oh, yea, I forgot to mention. DO NOT stick your head out the window if you
are going to ralph. That is a real bad idea. A hat, chart, or even the floor
are better places than out the window.

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Viperdoc wrote:
The exact mechanism is unclear to everyone.

However, if the mechanism is clear to you, why don't you explain it? That
would be far more productive than trying to discredit me.

You're simply not worth the effort.

(and already discredited.)