title: [Motion sickness].
abstract: Motion sickness is a general term covering sea-sickness, car-sickness, air-sickness, and space-sickness. Symptoms can occur when a person is exposed to unfamiliar movement whether real or simulated. Despite progress in the technology and comfort of modern transportation (planes, boats, and overland vehicles), a great number of travelers still experience motion sickness. Bouts are characterized by an initial phase of mild discomfort followed by neurologic and gastro-intestinal manifestations. The delay in onset depends on specific circumstances and individual susceptibility. Attacks are precipitated by conflicting sensory, visual, and vestibular signals but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Most medications used for prevention and treatment (e.g. anticholinergics and antihistamines) induce unwanted sedation. Furthermore no one drug is completely effective or preventive under all conditions.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Expertise Médicale du Personnel Navigant, Toulon, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Taillemite
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devaulx
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bousquet
mesh_terms: D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists
vernacular_title: Les cinétoses.