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Travel sickness

Travel sickness, or motion sickness, is when you feel sick or vomit because you’re moving. It is caused by repeated unusual movements during travelling.

This includes travel in a vehicle such as a car, plane or boat, and other activities such as fairground rides.

In these situations you are in a static (fixed) position, sitting on the ride or in the vehicle, but you can see and feel that you’re moving, whether it’s along the road, across the sea or up in the air.

Travel sickness is common. Children experience travel sickness more often than adults but often grow out of it, as they get older.

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