Why do people get sea sick? What happens, really?
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You have a part in your ear called the cochlea. It has fluid in it. This is the part of your ear that controls your balance. It also has little nerve recepters in it that send messages to your brain. When you are in a car or a boat and say for instance you are riding for a long time and maybe you're reading a book. The fluid in your cochlea in your ears is all moving and mixed up because YOU are in a moving car or boat but your EYES are telling your brain that you are NOT MOVING because you are reading a book that is NOT MOVING. Your brain gets confused and starts sending out confusing signals and that fluid moving around in the cochlea is what makes you dizzy because your eyes tell the brain you are in one place and the coclea says" no man! we are movin!" And you may barf. I used a book but the inside of a moving car or boat is the same. It looks like it's not moving if you look down. It helps to sit in the front and roll down the windows now and then.
it has to do with dizziness/vertigo. people get dizzy because of the waves and the movement from being at sea and this causes nasea. It is an actual physical defect in the inner ear. I get more sea sick and dizzy if my allergies are acting up and I have drainage in my ear.
Well not every one has a strong system like most. And the movement is just too much plus the fishy smell doesnt help but then again its all in your head if you say you're gonna be sea-sick you will So I guess you can say it's both.
Coming back from Denmark on the ferry to England... it was rough seas. It was a very big ferry, and all decks of the ship were going up and down constantly in a rhythm... I definately felt queesy. Although some suffer from sea-sickness when it's not rough seas so perhaps other answers can explain that.
what really happens is that your body is not use to so much movement and a boat is very shaky so your body get uncomfurtable and it causes you to burst
its physical it has to do with your vestibulocochlear nerve and your balance center in your ear.
Physical.!
Once we went to deep sea fishing and two of the guys strated grabbing the chairs and the walls till we got back. The bad part was that they were the ones who planned the deep sea fishing. I felt sorry for them but it was funny (their slow movements like they just cant let it out.
Sea sickness is caused when the brain registers that your body is moving, but your legs might not be. Some people also get sea sickness when in cars for long periods of time.
It's physical (in the inner ear) although I wouldn't consider it a defect, just a difference. The source is the inner ear. I have always suffered from HORRIBLE sea sickness, and as others have said it's not necessarily from being on a boat. Planes, trains, etc. motion sickness is motion sickness.
Vertigo is also in the inner ear, but it's a virus.
i always got it when travelling to ireland.first time it was calm seas n i was still pukin everywhere,2nd time i was pukin all over the joint coz it was rough as fk,one of the crew had to help me to the toilet and held my hair and everything back,she was so lovely as i really was ill.she even stayed with me to make sure i was ok after id stopped pukin all over the joint and checked me a few times after that.
Mal de Mer is a rather pleasant and unassuming French term for the debilitating effect seasickness may have on your body. Luckily, it is not usually life threatening although many sufferers wish it were if only to bring relief to the extreme discomfort they feel!
Our brains get messages from all five senses - usually all at once. When you're on a boat sailing on large waves, your brain gets a mixed message: your eyes tell it that you're relatively stable (because you're moving with your "floor" - together with the boat), but your vestibular system in your inner ear (the one responsible for balance) tells it that you're moving back and forth, and up and down. At this point your brain gets confused, and it results in you being sick...
Simple, but miserable.
Prolonged seasickness has its own consequences. "Dehydration is the biggest threat,"
"If you can't take anything in, you'll work on your fat stores for a while. But you'll be in trouble in three days."
Symptoms include intense nausea, headache, lethargy, dizziness, dryness, and hot and cold flashes. Some sailors describe it as a fate worse than death: first you're afraid you're going to die -- and then you're afraid you won't.
Some people have little to no symptoms, while others get seasick on a boating lake.
It is not in any way a physical defect
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