A Guide to Sea Sickness Prevention & Remedies
Nothing can ruin a cruise faster than getting seasick or motion sickness. Check out these tips for prevention & treatment:
Prevention of Motion Sickness
- Wear Sea Bands. Sea Bands are acupressure bracelets that put direct pressure on an acupressure point on the inside of your forearm under your wrist. It makes one feel completely stable
- Tablets. Most chemists will also have a generic or shop brand meclizine and you don’t need a prescription to buy it. Even if you don’t think you will get sick or don’t feel sick, take it every day anyway. It’s better to prevent motion sickness before it starts than to get sick and risk ruining your cruise. It will also help if you take a shore excursion that involves riding a ferry, as ferries can often be a rough ride.
Treatment for Motion Sickness
So what do you do if you were unable to prevent motion sickness and you start feeling sick?
- Sit or lay down and close your eyes. Sometimes just not seeing the water bobbing the ship/ferry up and down is enough to cure nausea.
- Move to the middle of the ship on a lower deck. You’re looking for the ship’s center of gravity because it won’t pitch as much as other parts of the ship. If you are prone to motion sickness, you may want to consider this when picking your cabin as well.
- Get fresh air. Getting fresh air usually can help nausea. Again, if you are prone to motion sickness, you may also want to consider getting a cabin with a balcony but you can always go out to public open areas of the ship too.
- Ginger: Some people also swear by ginger as an all-natural remedy to seasickness with no risk of drowsiness. I haven’t tried this myself but during that ferry ride I mentioned earlier, I saw several people popping ginger candies and they were fine. In addition to getting crystalized ginger candies, you can also take ginger capsules with water but candies just sound more convenient and tastier!
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