Airsickness is a sensation caused by air travel. This is a specific form of motion sickness, and is considered a normal response to healthy individuals. Airsickness occurs when the central nervous system receives conflicting messages from the body (including the inner ear, eyes and muscles) that affect balance and balance.
The inner ear is very important in maintaining balance and balance because it contains sensors for both angle (rotation) and linear motion. Airsickness is usually a combination of spatial disorientation, nausea and vomiting.
Video Airsickness
Signs and symptoms
Common symptoms of air hangover include:
Nausea, vomiting, vertigo, loss of appetite, cold sweats, pale skin, difficulty concentrating, confusion, drowsiness, headaches, and increased fatigue. Severe airseickness can cause a person to become completely paralyzed.
Maps Airsickness
Risk factors
The following factors increase the vulnerability of some people to air hangover:
- Fatigue, stress, and anxiety are some of the factors that can increase the vulnerability to any kind of travel sickness.
- The use of alcohol, drugs, and medications can also cause airsickness.
- In addition, air drunkenness is more common in women (especially during menstruation or pregnancy), young children, and individuals susceptible to other types of motion sickness.
- Although air drunkenness is rare among experienced pilots, it occurs with some frequencies in student pilots.
Prevention
Travelers who are prone to motion sickness can minimize symptoms by:
- Choose a window seat with a view of the ground or lower cloud, so that movement can be detected. This will not work if the aircraft is flying in the cloud for a long duration.
- Choose seats with a smooth ride in pitch (seat above wing on airplane). (This may not be enough for sensitive individuals who need to see ground motion)
- Sit facing forward while focusing on distant objects rather than trying to read or see something on the plane.
- Eat dried crackers, olives or lemon suction, dry your mouth, reduce nausea. â € <â € <
- Drink carbonated beverages.
Treatment
Medication
Drugs that can relieve the symptoms of air hangover include:
- meclozine
- dimenhydrinate
- diphenhydramine
- scopolamine (available in patch and oral form).
Airborne prone pilots should not take anti-motion sickness drugs (prescription or over-the-counter). These drugs can make a person drowsy or affect brain function in other ways.
Non-remedies based on
The method to increase the pilot's resistance to air hangover consists of repeated exposure to the flying conditions that initially resulted in air hangover. In other words, repeated exposure to the aviation environment reduces the susceptibility of the individual to the next air hangover. Recently, several devices have been introduced that are intended to reduce motion sickness through the stimulation of various body parts (usually wrists).
Alternative medicine
There are many alternative treatments for motion sickness. One of them is ginger, but not effective.
See also
- Acclimatization
- Airsickness Bag
- Motion moves
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments