Motion sickness - Learn more
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Motion sickness describes the feelings of dizziness and nausea that occur when you’re travelling in a moving vehicle. Your eyes may see the landscape passing by at high speed, while the balance sensors in your inner ear are sensing that you’re sitting still. This confusing information is felt as motion sickness.
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