Anti-nausea wristbands really work??

BenBurch said:
Just look at the horizon. Proven to be effective.

http://yearofsciencebc.ca/stories-s...ld/where-s-your-sea-legs-look-at-the-horizon/
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Are you saying that looking at the horizon is proven to prevent or cure motion-sickness 100% of the time? I call nonsense on that.

If it were that simple, motion-sickness wouldn't exist. I know for a fact that it doesn't work for me.

Or that it's proven to be effective in some cases? Sure, I don't doubt that. But that's useless to the percent who aren't helped, so it's not a matter of "just" looking at the horizon to cure the problem.
 
Pup said:
Are you saying that looking at the horizon is proven to prevent or cure motion-sickness 100% of the time? I call nonsense on that.

If it were that simple, motion-sickness wouldn't exist. I know for a fact that it doesn't work for me.

Or that it's proven to be effective in some cases? Sure, I don't doubt that. But that's useless to the percent who aren't helped, so it's not a matter of "just" looking at the horizon to cure the problem.
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Works in many, many cases.
 
BenBurch said:
Works in many, many cases.
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So do lots of other things. That's quite a different claim than telling people to "just look at the horizon," as if it were the one simple solution.

Might as well say, "just wear the wristband," since it too apparently works in many, many cases.
 
Pup said:
So do lots of other things. That's quite a different claim than telling people to "just look at the horizon," as if it were the one simple solution.

Might as well say, "just wear the wristband," since it too apparently works in many, many cases.
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This has been studied not only by the referenced professor, but also by the Navy and the Air Force. And it has a scientific reason that it should work, which wrist bands don't.

What you are saying is like saying; "Aspirin does not work for some arthritis sufferers, so you might as well wear a copper bracelet."
 
Unfortunately, there's not a good view of the horizon from a plane window while it's landing. That's the only time I ever feel nauseous. Haven't actually thrown up in years, though.
 
Actually in the version I saw, neither Ginger or Mary Ann were 100% effective. Mrs Howell worked all of the time by inducing vomiting.
 
I used to be a commercial fisherman and when people would be sick and not recover, the purser would prescribe them a Scopolamine patch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine
I always found it strange that some people have no problems, some people get sick as dogs but get their sea legs and are fine from then on while still some others never are able to adjust even after weeks at sea. Another strange thing happens too if you've been out to sea for an extended amount of time where you can get nauseous being back on land.
Myself, I'd get nauseous only in really strong seas and although I would eventually get over my initial nausea, I would have very little appetite for an extended amount of time. People tended to lose a lot of weight while out to sea.
 
Father Dagon said:
Has there been any serious research in pressure points? Everyone knows what a light but precise strike to the solar plexus or funny bone does.
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There are plenty of spots that can damage or hurt people if you whack them hard enough. Hitting the spots you mentioined, the carotid artery, the philtrum, the optical nerve, or the male beanbag have all been researched and proven to be "pressure points" in various martial arts...

...but as far as scientific research showing that pressure points heal or fix something, not so much.
 
BenBurch said:
What you are saying is like saying; "Aspirin does not work for some arthritis sufferers, so you might as well wear a copper bracelet."
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No, I'm not advocating the wrist band. I'm advocating precision in talking about treatments, especially in a thread about the validity of studies concerning one particular treatment. It would be non-helpful to tell arthritis sufferers "just take aspirin," as if the only reason they're still suffering from arthritis is because they're too stupid to have thought of that.

Do you have a link to actual studies about watching the horizon? I tried to follow the links in the article and couldn't find anything that actually described how the study was set up, what percentage were helped, whether it was double blind, and so forth.
 
I didn't used to get sea sick, but one time on rocky, stormy waters on small cruise ship changed that. My next cruise, I used the Scopolamine patch. Worked great; there was even a tropical storm in the Gulf as we headed back, and I had no problems. I've been curious about the anti-nausea band, but after reading the posts and links here, I'm inclined to remain skeptical.
 
Pup said:
No, I'm not advocating the wrist band. I'm advocating precision in talking about treatments, especially in a thread about the validity of studies concerning one particular treatment. It would be non-helpful to tell arthritis sufferers "just take aspirin," as if the only reason they're still suffering from arthritis is because they're too stupid to have thought of that.

Do you have a link to actual studies about watching the horizon? I tried to follow the links in the article and couldn't find anything that actually described how the study was set up, what percentage were helped, whether it was double blind, and so forth.
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Start with the references in this paper; http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/5/1/35

Google scholar finds a number of references;

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q...w.&biw=1010&bih=720&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws
 
The root of the problem seems to be that the ears tell you you are moving, but your eyes tell you you are not. The brain says "we are betting different inputs, we must be poisoned, Vomit! NOW!"

So, in a boat. looking at the horizon lets your eyes see the same motion that your ears sense.

In an airplane things are usually reversed- your ears sense no motion, but your eyes do see the plane flying, the land moving. Looking out the window make it worse, you need to look into the airplane. Synch your senses.

But one little "big pharma conspiracy"- The druggist sells bottles of Meclizine Hydrochloride, $4/100. It's also sold for $12/8 as one of the brand name motion sick pills. The non-drowsy one. Bonine? Dramamine !!? When I had my boat, I kept a bottle on boat- I get motion sick.
 
MikeSun5 said:
There are plenty of spots that can damage or hurt people if you whack them hard enough. Hitting the spots you mentioined, the carotid artery, the philtrum, the optical nerve, or the male beanbag have all been researched and proven to be "pressure points" in various martial arts...

...but as far as scientific research showing that pressure points heal or fix something, not so much.
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But pressure points that are erogenous in a platonic way (think of shiatzu head and neck massage), doesn't they release endorphines?
 
casebro said:
The root of the problem seems to be that the ears tell you you are moving, but your eyes tell you you are not. The brain says "we are betting different inputs, we must be poisoned, Vomit! NOW!"

So, in a boat. looking at the horizon lets your eyes see the same motion that your ears sense.

In an airplane things are usually reversed- your ears sense no motion, but your eyes do see the plane flying, the land moving. Looking out the window make it worse, you need to look into the airplane. Synch your senses.
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I get sicker than hell on the swings at the park. Any suggestions?
 
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