What causes seasickness and how to encounter it

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Seasickness is the top worst holiday discomfort and all of us have—or will—succumb to seasickness on rough waters, research shows. Seasickness is a result of a conflict in the inner ear, where the human balance mechanism resides, and is caused by a vessel’s erratic motion on the water.

For instance, inside the cabin of a rocking boat, the inner ear detects changes in both up-and-down and side-to-side acceleration as one’s body bobs along with the boat.

But, since the cabin moves with the...

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