With the Easter bank holiday approaching, many of us will be looking to jump in the car and get away for the long weekend. Unfortunately, travel sickness can be a rather unpleasant side effect of a long car journey, but what exactly is travel sickness and how can we avoid it?
Research by Euro Car Parts, has revealed the science behind why we get travel sick, as well as the factors most likely to trigger travel sickness, and the best ways to prevent and recover from symptoms. The research revealed nausea as the most common symptom of travel sickness, experienced by two thirds of the nation (66%), followed by vomiting and generally feeling unwell which are experienced by a third each (31% and 30%).
According to GP and author, Dr Sarah Brewer, travel and motion sickness can be triggered by any form of transport and is caused when motion-detecting cells in the inner ears are excessively stimulated and send messages to the brain which don’t match the degree of movement detected by the eyes. “Your eyes tell your brain that the environment is stationary, but your balance organs say that it isn’t - this triggers travel sickness”, says Sarah.
