2006-06-30 01:35:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I don't know!
I've never been sea-sick!
2006-06-30 01:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sanja 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sea sickness or motion sickness is caused by the brains inability to deal with the continued and random movements caused by the motion. The eyes try to readjust focus continually and this leads to dizziness. The inner ears ( which are balance sensors) also have difficulty in continually trying to correct the side pitch or movements caused by motion and send signals to the brain. The brain, as when anything is amiss in the body, will try and correct the issue by closing the system down. You feel sick and dizzy, so you want to lie down or faint.
Not everyone is affected though as it is all to do with the sensitivity of your *awareness organs* the eyes and ears.
2006-06-30 01:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by teaghee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stomach fluids and gastric acids slosh back and forth in our stomachs giving us a "sick" feeling. Eat a meal, fill your stomach and no sea-sickness will occur. Sea-sickness is not a "sickness" at all but instead just a reaction to the action of swaying right to left while also pitching to and fro. Once your body adjusts to the motion any feeling of "sick" goes away.
2006-06-30 01:43:48 · answer #3 · answered by mellow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We become sea-sick because of the balance within our middle ear becoming off-set against the motion of the vessel or platform we are standing on.
Basically your eyes tell you that you are not moving and your inner ear says that you are hence you get a mismatch and you feel sick..
2006-06-30 01:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by Whisper4691 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow... no one has hit the technical words right on the head... the vestibulocochlear senses (hearing/balance) are located inside the ears... they are basically located within the eustachian tubes inside the ears.. so, when the motion persists the body can't regulate the flow of fluid and this is communicated through cranial nerve VIII or the vestibulocochlear nerve, this is particularly interesting when thinking about when a person has an ear infection, when the eustachian tubes are clogged the body cannot keeps itself in fluid equilibrium and loses balance
2006-06-30 04:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Clint 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the motion we see with our eyes doesn't mesh with the motion we feel in our ears, where there is an organ, filled with fluid and tiny hairs, that senses motion. That is why if you go into the hold of a rocking boat, you will get quite sicker, because your eyes seen no motion but your ears are going nuts.
2006-06-30 01:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a brain conflict between what the eye sees, No movement. And what the ear feels Lots of movement. That causes you to get sick and puke.
2006-06-30 01:40:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is because the balancing organs are distubed by out-of-level movements.
2006-06-30 02:08:55 · answer #8 · answered by dearheavenlyangel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the signals from our eyes to our brain don't coincide with the signal from the inner ear and so we feel disoriented and sick
2006-06-30 01:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its like when you drink vodka- sand and turbans. you get camel toe!
2006-06-30 01:38:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋