For children, do they get carsick when they are driving? Carsickness is called 'motion sickness' in medicine. Children under 2 years old hardly get carsick, and children between 3 and 12 years old are most likely to get carsick. So how to avoid carsickness in driving? What's a good way to prevent carsickness?
How to avoid carsickness during driving
(1) Maintain the environmental quality of the space
When hitching, you can use the air conditioner, or open the window to let the air circulate, and try not to smell gasoline in the car. People in the car must not smoke. If you find that your child is uncomfortable, you may as well stop the car for a rest, or get off the car for activities and breathe fresh air.
(2) Choose a seat
Select the seat located at the most stable place of the vehicle. If you want to take a plane, it is better not to be near the tail of the plane or the outermost side of both sides, so as to avoid being dizzy due to the influence of chaotic air flow when you take a plane. In the same way, avoid the seats at the bow and stern. As for taking a car, the seats that won't get carsick are the driver's seat and the passenger's seat in order. However, considering the age of the child, it is necessary to sit in the back seat. The use of the child safety seat can play a fixed function to prevent the child from shaking too much due to external stimulus factors.
(3) Distract children
Because people sitting in the back seat experience a greater gap between vision and inner ear vestibular balance system, parents can prepare their children's toys to distract their children's attention, which are best fixed on the car. In addition, inducing the child to gaze at the fixed objects in the distance helps him to recognize that the body is moving forward. If there is no object at that time, it is better to keep the child closed and sleep. At the same time, don't forget to fix his head as much as possible to reduce the feeling of turbulence. Preschoolers often feel bored in the car and are used to reading in the car, which are the risk factors of motion sickness, so it must be prohibited.
(4) Pay attention to diet before driving
Before driving, don't let the baby eat too full, too greasy, and don't let him starve. Give the baby some glucose. In addition, put ginger on the navel of the child before getting on the car, which can alleviate the carsickness symptoms;
How to deal with carsick
(1) If the child is found to have carsickness symptoms, he Gu point can be pressed with appropriate force (he Gu point is in the tiger mouth between the thumb and the index finger); pinching Neiguan point with the thumb can also reduce the carsickness symptoms (Neiguan point is at the palmar side of the wrist joint, 2 inches above the middle of the transverse line of the wrist, that is, about two transverse fingers on the transverse line of the wrist, between the two tendons).
(2) Take paper towels with you to wipe your baby after vomiting; after vomiting, let him drink some drinks to remove the taste of vomitus in his mouth.
(3) If the baby is dizzy, apply ice towel on the forehead to prevent the baby from nausea and vomiting.
(4) If the baby says that the stomach is not comfortable or has nausea symptoms, you can give the baby a small amount of biscuits to ease the peristaltic stomach.
(5) Open the window and let the air flow.
(6) Solid food digests faster than liquid food. Try to give solid food to your baby.
(7) For children with serious carsickness, it's better to take carsickness medicine orally before driving. The dosage must be small and taken according to the doctor's advice. Children under 1 year old can't take carsickness medicine.