Aircraft Nausea

[belle7]

Hi there love,

Yes, hang in there. I spent the first 6 weeks down the back throwing up! I found that from my experience if people didn't have the pleasure in experiencing air sickness they didn't understand. Not saying everyone just some, I had a couple of trips from hell with "interesting" cabin crew. I ate sao's like they where going out of fashion!!! In the end I got some acuppuncure (opps!) and within 2 weeks things got sooooo much better.

Hope this helps, remember your not alone.

Regards
Belle7

[gallie girl]

hey sweetie

i know exactly where you are coming from... i flew on the SAAB's for 5 years and had numerous chucks... that little white bag was always strategically placed on seat 1A when the weather was bad. i spent a few times hiding my face behind the seat and hoping the roar of the SAAB engines would drown out my loud wretching noises.. oh yeah real pretty believe you me!!

my problem was the hot summer months.. getting into a hot aircraft that had been on the tarmac on the turn around with no APU so no on ground aircon... and then taking off and being pummeled around the sky like a ride on a roll-a-coaster!!

i occasionally took travel sick tablets but found plenty of water and cold air on my face used to do the trick. i also knew a girl who first started with the company who was really sick during her training but after she was checked to line and started flying by herself no more sickness !! she put alot down to nerves... anways pet all the best and try not to worry to much!! the more you think about it the more you will chuck!!

Good luck

[OZcabincrew]

I know how you feel, luckily mine only lasted my first day of flying and i didn't actually throw up, but still that feeling!!! My first flight was on a B737-400, but i think my sickness just had a lot to do with nerves as after that first day i'm fine!!!

Fingers cross it passes!!!

Oz

[ozskipper]

Ok... first thing... its not turbulence, its bumpy air ... If you remember that you'll feel a little better.

Sweets & jubes will always make you feel better. No coffee will also help. Peppermint tea is good for settling down the old system and helps with nausea.

Try focussing on an object not moving when looking outside (it the wing) rather than the ground.

Have you considered you might be suffering slightly from hypoxia? Something to check out with your local DAME.

[dh108]

Kind-of related this: I saw a documentary about trainee Mustang pilots. One of them said he was so nervous in his first Mustang flight (after training on planes which seemed like toys in comparison) that he threw up all over the cockpit.

Said he felt completely ashamed when he landed - thinking they'd reject him as a fighter pilot.

The groundcrew man took a quick look, pulled out a damp sponge and said something along the lines of 'Is that all. I've seen much worse than that.'

Nerves and anxiety seem to play havoc with the digestive system.

[Paracab]

Nerves and anxiety seem to play havoc with the digestive system.

This is very true, I'm sure everyone has heard of fight or flight syndrome (no pun intended) it is a nervous system response which comes from the early days of man (sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system responses)

Basically if you are very nervous about something that you know you have to do (fight) the body automatically responds by getting rid of the stomach contents to allow you concentrate harder on the task in hand, i.e. not needing so much blood to digest the contents of the stomach, allowing more blood and therefore more oxygen to the vital areas of the body, to allow you to get on with the task in hand.

Google will no doubt give a much more technial explanation, but that is the basic version, its just one of those thing you can't help !