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    Sea and Motion Sickness
    Sea and Motion Sickness
    Sea and Motion Sickness
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    Sea and Motion Sickness

    By Anton Swanepoel

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    Do You Suffer From Sea or Motion Sickness?

    With the earth being in constant motion, it is strange that humans suffer from motion sickness. Millions of people travel across the globe daily; by land, sea and air. Many of these travelers suffer from motion sickness, from mild and irritating, to extreme sickness and immobility.
    Some of the topics covered are:

    What motion sickness is
    Space sickness
    Virtual environment sickness
    Sea sickness
    Causes, triggers and advice for preventing and treating motion sickness
    Ginger
    Antihistamine medication
    Pressure point use
    Wrist bands
    Natural herbs
    Behavior adaption
    Subliminal messaging
    Hypnosis
    Changing your handwriting

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnton Swanepoel
    Release dateJul 29, 2014
    ISBN9781310871788
    Sea and Motion Sickness
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    Anton Swanepoel

    Adventurer and world traveler, Anton Swanepoel, hales originally from Pretoria, South Africa, but has called a number of exotic locations home. Educated as a software engineer, he worked for a large multinational company before deciding to travel the globe. Along life's journey, Anton became a skilled scuba diver and technical diving instructor, teaching for seven years while living in the Cayman Islands. His resume touts Tri-Mix instructor levels from multiple licensing agencies, and dive records over 400 feet.Mr. Swanepoel has always loved travel and writing. In the past several years he's combined these passions, authoring and publishing a host of books, sharing secrets he's learned along the way. When he's not exploring an underwater landscape or racing a motorcycle down a stretch of highway, you'll find Anton visiting world destinations and chronicling his experiences.Today, he is a fulltime globetrotter and writer, having penned instructional guides for diving and travel, as well as a pair of fictional novels. His excurtion titles are geared toward do-it-yourself travelers, who enjoy saving money and seeing the out-of-way places. His favorite destinations include, Machu Picchu, the mountains of Vietnam, and the Temples at Angkor Wat.

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      Sea and Motion Sickness - Anton Swanepoel

      Sea and Motion Sickness

      Sea and Motion Sickness

      Motion, Sea, Space, Car, Airplane

      and Virtual Environment Sickness.

      Causes, Treatment and Prevention.

      By Anton Swanepoel

      Copyright © 2014 Anton Swanepoel

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

      Amazon Kindle ASIN: B006YLKKKY

      Print ISBN- 10: 1467934534

      Print ISBN- 13: 978-1467934534

      Smashwords ISBN: 9781310871788

      All rights reserved.

      Published by Anton Swanepoel at Smashwords

      www.antonswanepoelbooks.com

      http://www.facebook.com/AuthorAntonSwanepoel

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      www.antonswanepoelbooks.com

      Laura and The Jaguar Prophecy (Book 1)

      Laura and The God Code (Book 2)

      Laura and the Spear of Destiny (Book 3)

      Machu Picchu Doing It Yourself

      Dive Computers

      Gas Blender Program

      The Art of Travel

      Taking on The Road, Two Wheels at a Time

      Writing and Publishing Your Own Book

      Ear Pain

      Sea and Motion Sickness

      Deep and Safety Stops, and Gradient Factors

      Diving Below 130 Feet

      The Art of Gas Blending

      Angkor Wat & Cambodia

      Introduction

      With the earth being in constant motion, it is strange that humans suffer from motion sickness. Millions of people travel across the globe daily; by land, sea and air. Many of these travelers suffer from motion sickness, from mild and irritating, to extreme sickness and immobility.

      In this book, we will look at what motion sickness is, space sickness, virtual environment sickness, and sea sickness, their causes and triggers, with advice for preventing and treating them.

      Welcome to trouble free motion

      About the Author

      Author at 200ft. Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman.

      Photo taken by Robert Hew

      Anton Swanepoel is a diving instructor for IANTD, TDI, NAUI and PADI. He is an OC Tri-Mix instructor and a Tri-Mix gas blender instructor. He has a passion for wreck, cave and deep diving and has done OC dives to over 400 ft.

      Anton loves to research topics of interest to him and write about it. As he himself suffers from motion sickness, and has seen many students and divers suffer from motion sickness, he decided to research deeper into the subject in order to find out more about the causes and possible cures.

      What he found is that there is not that much known about the subject by the general public and that most information is contradicting or wrong. Sea and motion sickness seems to also be a bigger problem than just divers getting sick, as dogs and cats going for a ride suffer the same fate as humans. The result of his research is this book.

      Disclaimer

      Note that even though the advice in this book has been sourced from diving doctors, specialists, DAN (Divers Alert Network), medical facilities and medical websites, the author is not a medical professional and the information in this book is thus for information purposes only. Always consult with a medical specialist or your doctor before taking any medication or following any advice.

      The author does not give out medical advice. The author accepts no responsibility for any advice given in this book. Readers are to use their own discretion in following any advice and accept all risk onto themselves for following any advice given in this book.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: What is motion sickness?

      What is motion sickness?

      Who is affected by it?

      Chapter 2: Motions sickness symptoms

      Motions sickness symptoms

      Chapter 3: Is motion sickness a serious condition?

      Is motion sickness a serious condition?

      When you should see a doctor

      Chapter 4: How our sense of balance works

      How our sense of balance works

      The inner ears (also called the labyrinth)

      The eyes

      Skin pressure receptors

      Muscle and joint sensory receptors

      The central nervous system (CNS)

      Chapter 5: Causes of motion sickness

      Causes of motion sickness

      Sensory conflict

      Two different types of Neural Mismatch

      Visual–vestibular conflict

      Type 1 subdivision

      Type 2 subdivision

      Intra vestibular (Canal–otolith) conflict

      Type 1 subdivision

      Type 2 A subdivision

      Positional alcohol vertigo (PAV)

      Benign paroxysmal vertigo (BPV)

      Type 2 B subdivision

      Poison response

      Simulator Sickness

      Virtual reality systems

      Space motion sickness

      Trains and motion sickness

      Motion sickness vs sea sickness

      Putting it all together

      Additional theories

      Conclusion

      Chapter 6: Preventing and treating motion sickness

      Preventing and treating motion sickness

      Natural build up

      Acupressure and acustimulation

      Behavior modification techniques (biofeedback)

      Exercises for motion sickness

      Ginger

      Against Ginger

      For Ginger

      Why ginger is thought to work

      Conclusion on ginger

      Side effects of ginger

      Drugs

      Promethazine (Phenergan®), (Pentazine)

      Scopolamine-dextroamphetamine

      Scopolamine patch (Trans-Derm SCOP® )

      Metoclopramide (Metozolv ODT, Reglan)

      Ondansetron (Zofran)

      Dilantin®

      Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine®), Driminate

      Meclizine (Bonine®), (Antivert®), D-Vert, Dramamine II

      Cyclizine

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