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Motion SicknessAka: Car Sick, Seasick
- See Also
- Definition
- Vertigo due to motion on car, boat, or airplane
- Mechanism
- Vestibular input, vision, proprioception incongruent
- Vestibular/proprioceptive systems sense movement
- Visual system fails to sense movement
- Vestibular input, vision, proprioception incongruent
- Management
- At onset of Vertigo, attempt to reorient immediately
- Example: Seasickness
- Focus on horizon
- Prevention
- Transdermal Scopolamine patch (Transderm-Scop)
- Apply behind one ear at least 4 hours before travel
- Replace patch every 72 hours
- One box contains 4 patches
- Transdermal Scopolamine patch (Transderm-Scop)
Motion Sickness (C0026603) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (MSH) | Disorder caused by motion, as sea sickness, train sickness, car sickness, air sickness, or SPACE MOTION SICKNESS. It may include nausea, vomiting and dizziness. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| ICD9 | 994.6, 994.6 |
| MSH | D009041 |
| English | Motion Sickness, Riders' vertigo, Travel sickness |
| Spanish | cinetosis, mareos del viajero, mareos por movimiento |
| Parent Concepts | Disorders of Environmental Origin (C0021508), Other external effects, cause NOS (C0013679), Symptoms (C1457887), Vestibular Diseases (C0042594), Wounds and Injuries (C0043251), Motion Sickness (C0026603), Nausea (C0027497), Effect of exposure to physical force (C1633746), Duplicate concept (C1274013) |
| Sources | AOD, COSTAR, DXP, ICD9CM, LCH, MEDLINEPLUS, MSH, MTH, MTHICD9, NCI, NDFRT, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
