Swaying or motion sickness is one of the most common problems in children. Unfortunately, it is impossible to cure or prevent a propensity for motion sickness, so this problem remains very urgent.
Slewing in the car is usually manifested in children with such signs:
- the child becomes hot, it becomes covered with cold sweat, breathes heavily;
- the face gradually turns pale;
- there is increased salivation;
- the main signs of motion sickness are nausea and vomiting, general weakness, dizziness and drowsiness;
- The motion sickness of infants is expressed in the fact that they immediately fall asleep in transport. If the car starts to rock your one-year-old child, then its vestibular apparatus has already begun to react to movement as an adult, but, because it is still immature, it manifests itself with nausea and vomiting.
Why does the child get sick in the car?
When the car starts to move, the small passenger sitting in it has an ambivalent feeling: on the one hand, he moves in space, and on the other hand he sits on the spot. This discrepancy is also reacted by the child's not yet developed vestibular apparatus, which is also an organ of equilibrium. The effect of motion sickness can be amplified by heat, a characteristic smell of the car, lack of fresh air.
Not all children get into the transport. This, like other features of the body, depends on the individual properties of the vestibular apparatus - someone is stronger, someone is weaker. Similarly, motion sickness is affected by the state of immunity of the child and his nervous system.
Means of motion sickness in the car
What if your child is crawling in the car? You have three options for solving this problem, which can be combined for a better effect.
1. Tablets from motion sickness in the car are basically homeopathic preparations: cocculin, bonin, air-sea, drama. Keep in mind that they have contraindications for age.
2. Various folk remedies:
- instead of tablets, you can use refreshing peppermint candies;
- let the kid only look at the road and just straight. Never sit with your back on the swaying child and do not let him look at the side window. It is also necessary to ensure the flow of fresh air into the interior of the machine;
- distract the child with stories, fairy tales or riddles. If he does not have time to listen to his feelings, the attack of motion sickness may not start. However, avoid books,
crossword puzzles, toys - you only need to look forward to the road; - you can not go "on an empty stomach." Before the trip for 1.5-2 hours, feed the child. It is noticed that in a state of hunger the symptoms of motion sickness can be intensified even more.
3. Prevention of motion sickness consists in training the vestibular apparatus. The more often the child will drive in the car, the faster it will pass.
4. There are special acupuncture bracelets from motion sickness for children , which are put on the child's hand and affect the special points associated with the centers of formation of unpleasant sensations and nausea.