Symptoms and Treatment of Motion Sickness

The symptoms of motion sickness are dizziness, headache and nausea when taking transportation, which will be alleviated or disappeared a few minutes after stopping the movement; the treatment often adopts drugs such as Benadryl. 1. Symptoms: Motion sickness manifests itself as dizziness, headache, nausea and other discomforts when patients take transportation. Mild patients only have mild dizziness, headache, nausea, usually after rest, out of the disease-causing sports environment can be relieved. In severe cases, there may be cold sweat, severe vomiting, cold limbs, or even vomiting, panic, cold limbs, and so on, and it is necessary to seek medical treatment as soon as possible. 2. Treatment: In acute attacks, it is recommended to get out of the exercise environment that causes the disease in time, and lie down in a well-ventilated place to rest. In addition, the disease is mainly treated with medication. (1) Antihistamines: antihistamines such as diphenhydramine and ipratropium can be chosen, but the elderly may have blurred consciousness and urinary retention after use. (2) Anticholinergics: scopolamine is commonly used to prevent nausea and vomiting reactions due to motion sickness. Adverse reactions include drowsiness, blurred vision and dry mouth. (3) Calcium channel blockers: Guillotine is more commonly used to improve tolerance to vestibular stimulation and is less likely to cause adverse reactions such as drowsiness. Motion sickness patients with severe discomfort symptoms, or out of the sports environment can not be relieved, need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, by the doctor according to the specific conditions, to formulate individualized diagnosis and treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition.