- Symptoms
- What to eat
- Short flights
- Long flights
- Tips to avoid seasickness
- Home Remedies and Pharmacy Medicines
To avoid feeling sick when flying, also known as motion sickness, light meals should be eaten before and during the flight, and especially avoid foods that stimulate the production of intestinal gases, such as beans, cabbage, egg, cucumber and watermelon.
This kind of nausea can be felt when traveling by car, boat, train or plane, and is caused by the brain's difficulty getting used to constant movement. In some more sensitive people this symptom can also appear when reading while traveling by car or bus, for example. In this case, the person's brain may think it is being poisoned, and the body's first reaction is to stimulate vomiting.
Symptoms
Motion sickness causes symptoms such as malaise, nausea, nausea, dizziness, sweating, belching, feeling of heat and vomiting.
Those who are more likely to suffer from this problem are mainly women, pregnant women, children older than 2 years, and people with a history of labyrinthitis, anxiety or migraine.
What to eat
The food that should be taken varies according to the duration of the trip, as shown below:
Short flights
On short flights, less than 2 hours long, nausea is more rare and can be avoided only with the consumption of light meals before the trip, such as apples, pears, peaches, dried fruits, cookies without filling and cereal bars.
The meal should be eaten between 30 to 60 minutes before the trip, and during the flight you should only consume water.
Long flights
Long flights, especially those that cross many time zones or that last all night, are the ones that cause the most discomfort. Up to 1 day before traveling, you should avoid consuming foods that cause gases, such as beans, eggs, cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, turnips, watermelons, alcoholic drinks and soft drinks.
In addition, it is also important to avoid red meats and fried foods, as well as milk and dairy products, especially for those who normally already feel some discomfort with milk.
During the flight, fish or white meat dishes with few sauces should be preferred, in addition to drinking plenty of water.
Tips to avoid seasickness
During the trip, other tips that can be done to avoid seasickness are:
- Wear an anti-sickness bracelet on each wrist throughout the trip; Open a window when possible; Fix your eyes on an immobile spot, such as the horizon; Keep your body immobile; Tilt your head back; Avoid reading.
However, when the individual has frequent nausea, he or she should consult an ear specialist to assess the presence of ear problems, since this organ is the main responsible for the appearance of nausea.
Home Remedies and Pharmacy Medicines
In addition to food care, another strategy that can be used to combat motion sickness during travel is to drink ginger tea before the flight and drink water with mint leaves during the trip. See how to prepare tea here.
In cases of severe nausea, medications such as Plasil or Dramin can be used, which should be taken according to the doctor's guidance.
Another common problem during flights is earache, so here's how to fight it here.
Watch the following video and see some tips to make your trip even more comfortable:
