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May 24, 2013
| Motion sickness relief band
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| By Bob Plunkett
| When a vehicle rolls down the road, its suspension system also begins to travel, typically in an up-and-down motion that counteracts irregularities of the pavement.
This up-down movement when combined with the forward momentum of the automobile for some riders sets up the dreaded nervous condition commonly known as motion sickness.
Symptoms include nausea and disorientation, and in severe cases may cause the sufferer to toss their cookies.
The quick cure is to stop the motion by getting out of the vehicle -- and stop riding in one for the future. Yet who can avoid an automobile in our mobile age?
To keep on riding but also skirt the motion sickness, anyone sensitive to nervous distress in motion can turn to anti-nausea medications that are specifically designed to ease symptoms of motion sickness.
Recently, though, the FDA approved for non-prescription use an electronic device originally developed to combat nausea induced by chemotherapy or the morning sickness of pregnancy. This tool, which resembles a wristwatch and straps to the underside of the wrist, stimulates via electronic pulses the median nerve and this action blocks the nerve impulse that brings on nausea.
Blocking the nerve impulse produces immediate relief from the nausea -- and with none of the adverse side effects often associated with anti-nausea medications.
The device, labeled the ReliefBand, works equally well to combat the nausea of motion sickness. It's available in a disposable version that works for 48 hours or one with replaceable batteries.
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