MOTION SICKNESS (SEASICKNESS) TREATMENT THROUGH HOMEOPATHY

Motion sickness is a symptom complex that usually includes nausea, often accompanied by vague abdominal discomfort, vomiting, dizziness, pallor, diaphoresis, and related symptoms. It is induced by specific forms of motion, particularly repetitive angular and linear acceleration and deceleration, or as a result of conflicting vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive inputs. Behavioral change and drug therapy can help prevent or control symptoms.

Motion sickness is a normal physiologic response to a provocative stimulus. Individual susceptibility to motion sickness varies greatly; however, it occurs more frequently in women and in children between the ages of 2 and 12 years.

ETIOLOGY OF MOTION SICKNESS:

Excessive stimulation of the vestibular apparatus by motion is the primary cause, Movement via any form of transportation, including ship, motor vehicle, train, plane, spacecraft, and playground or amusement park rides can cause excessive vestibular stimulation.

RISK FACTORS:

Poor ventilation (eg, with exposure to fumes, smoke, or carbon monoxide) Emotional factors (e.g., fear, anxiety about travel or the possibility of developing motion sickness)

Migraine headaches

Vestibulopathy (such as labyrinthitis)

Hormonal factors (eg, from pregnancy or use of hormonal contraceptives)

SYMPTOMS:

Characteristic manifestations of motion sickness are nausea, vomiting, pallor, diaphoresis, and vague abdominal discomfort.

OTHER SYMPTOMS:  which may precede the characteristic manifestations, include yawning, hyperventilation, salivation, and somnolence. Aerophagia, dizziness, headache, fatigue, weakness, and inability to concentrate may also occur. Pain, shortness of breath, focal weakness or neurologic deficits, and visual and speech disturbances are absent.

HOMOEOPATHY CAN MANAGE SEASICKNESS EFFECTIVELY FEW MEDICINES ARE AS FOLLOWED: PETROLEUM, COCCULUS INDICUS, TABACUM, BORAX, COFFEA CRUDA, PULSATILLA, STAPHYSAGRIA, BELLADONNA, APOMORPHINE