Air sickness

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?

"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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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

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


"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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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

"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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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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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.

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.

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.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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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.


Oh god he's back to medicine again.


Bertie

Yes it will fade possibbly and as mentioned the control of the airplane will
help.

Don't eat heavy before flying, keep cool air on you. Don't look at the
ground below you! The fast motion your eye see confusses the brain because
it senses that you are not realy moving. Look at a distant horizon to help
ease the on set of motion sickness. That helps the brain think that what it
sees is what it also senses with motion.
"Amine" wrote in message
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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.)

R. Gardner wrote:
Yes it will fade possibbly

"Yes it will fade possibly"? Isn't that like a double negative?? :-)


and as mentioned the control of the airplane will
help.

Don't eat heavy before flying, keep cool air on you. Don't look at the
ground below you! The fast motion your eye see confusses the brain because
it senses that you are not realy moving. Look at a distant horizon to help
ease the on set of motion sickness. That helps the brain think that what it
sees is what it also senses with motion.

Actually, my wife get's sick driving in the car on the *way* to the
airport. I think it's the "anticipation". :-)