I hate motion sickness
seriously I really don't like it
and I used to get it all the time but thankfully now I know what to do
so I'm going to spread that knowledge with you but now I've got a flight to catch
So I'm in Barcelona this week for some video work and I thought to myself
why don't I make this week's video in one of my favourite cities
remember the initial scenario where you're in a car plane or train
and let's say you're doing your work on your phone or on your laptop and it
suddenly hits you the motion sickness well here's why happens so when you're
focused on things in a moving vehicle like let's say your phone the signals
from your eyes to your brain are telling it that your position is stationary you're not
moving whereas you're balancing mechanisms are telling it the opposite
thing they're telling it you're moving and these conflicting messages are what
causes the symptoms of motion sickness excellent it's really warm here and
sunny so it won't look too good but it's got to be done because I've got to
go and film some other stuff soon motion sickness affects a lot of people
now you may remember a couple of months ago we were in Malta and I made a film
about how to stop snoring now whilst we were filming on this boat Dave who's
probably one of the strongest people I know got really really bad motion
sickness and we kind of had to abort filming and get back onto land so the
moral of this story was that everyone can get motion sickness to some degree
no matter who you are and only 5 to 15 percent of people are unaffected by it
if you know you get motion sickness I'd probably say the number one most
important thing you can do to prevent it from coming on is don't focus on things
like your phone, your laptop, your books, movies whilst traveling basically don't
distract your brain from where you are instead close your eyes or sleep for the
whole journey or listen to an audio book whilst you're doing these, these all
reduce the positional signals from your eyes to your brain and reduces the
confusion that we spoke about earlier now if you want to be a bit of a rebel
and you don't want to close your eyes whilst traveling I definitely recommend
that you don't look at moving objects like waves and cars because it'll make
you feel more ill instead look ahead in the direction you're traveling in at a
fixed point like the horizon, aww yeah that was the one even they liked it
now where you sit can also be really helpful so you can minimise the motion by
sitting in the front seat of a car, over the wings of the plane and in the middle
of a boat strong smells can sometimes trigger me so try and breathe fresh air
so if you're in a car open a window slightly or turn the AC on and if you're
on a boat avoid the cafeteria area and the engine area another quick tip is to
avoid heavy meals before traveling so keep it light and there's also some good
research that shows that ginger is quite good for motion sickness so you can take
that as a tablet a biscuit or tea I've never tried it so if anyone has leave a
comment below and let us know how you get on and stay hydrated but remember
small sips
now if you're thinking to yourself but Abraham I've tried all these and I'm still struggling
well not to worry because Abraham the pharmacist has got you covered
so I thought we'd film this bit
in front of the pharmacy so there are several medicines available that you can
buy over-the-counter which block the signals which confuse your brain and
cause the motion sickness so for motion sickness hyoscine is usually the most
effective over-the-counter treatment you can get it comes as a tablet and a patch
so it can be quite useful there are antihistamines available like
cinnarizine but it's not usually as effective for motion type sickness
so these medicines are all best taken before the journey and as always with
any medicine always read the information leaflet and speak to your pharmacist
before you take it as they do cause drowsiness and they may interact with
your medicine and that's the end of the video I hope you find these tips useful
and if you have any of your own tips that'll help with motion sickness then
leave a comment below because I'd love to read it
I'd love to try them myself too please share this video to anyone who'll find it
useful or inform them what you've learnt today
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we've actually got a real life pharmacist or a technician or someone in the video now
to your brain and I forgot my lines
he looks so cool, obviously cause he works in pharmacy he's really cool
below and let us know ehmmm I was meant to say something else now but I can't remember