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August 2, 2020 by kidstra

Motion sickness/ Children/ Prevention/ Treatment – An Update If no one in your family has ever been motion-sick, it’s only because they haven’t yet encountered the right (or is it the wrong?) situation. It may be a storm at sea, an “amusement” park roller coaster that spins in three dimensions simultaneously while you are strapped […]

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Children/Motion sickness/Prevention/Treatment

January 10, 2015 by kidstra

Everyone has a threshold for motion sickness. It may be a hurricane at sea, riding camels for several hours, space travel, or “amusement” park rides that spin you in three dimensions simultaneously, often while you are strapped in upside down. Camels cause it because they sway side to side while they walk. Astronauts experience it […]

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Children/Travel/Medication interactions/Adverse effects Part 1 of 2

December 11, 2011 by kidstra

Are you familiar with the harmful effects that may result from medications you give your children? That when you give more than one medication, the two may interact and cause adverse reactions not caused by one alone? That travel-related factors can cause additional interactions? (This is Part 1, one of a two-part series. Watch for […]

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Motion Sickness

April 23, 2008 by DrNeumann

If you’ve never been seasick it’s only because you haven’t encountered the right storm, say veteran sailors. Worse than being seasick yourself is dealing with children who are, say parents. 1. Call it motion sickness, not seasickness. The ancient Geeks named it. The word “nausea” is the Greek word for “sea.” But motion sickness also […]

Filed Under: Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: Dizziness, Driving, Headache, Infants, Intestinal illnesses, Medications, Nausea, Toddlers, Travel, Vomiting

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