Summer holidays are approaching and, with them, their share of long journeys by road, rail, sea or air. But who can boast of having remained marble during the crossing to the archipelago of the seven islands, off the Pink Granite Coast, in this boat smelling so strongly of gasoline? Or not to have flinched in the bus from Gap to Barcelonnette in the middle of the beautiful mountains of the Ubaye valley, in the Southern Alps? We all remember a trip gone wrong. How to explain motion sickness? Can we cut it? Le Figaro interviewed two specialists.
We are not all equal in the face of this phenomenon, called "motion sickness" in medical jargon. Some are able to read in the car, even on winding roads, while others already feel a little nauseous in the TGV. "Women - especially when they are pregnant - and children aged 6 to 12 are particularly sensitive, informs Professor Alexis ...
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