
What causes motion sickness?
Disease description:
I often experience motion sickness and vomiting when riding in a car, and I've really developed a fear of traveling by vehicle. I'd like to ask the doctor: what causes motion sickness?

Motion sickness is usually caused by multiple factors, mainly including the following aspects:
1. Genetic factors: Motion sickness is a chromosomal dominant hereditary disease. If someone in the family experiences motion sickness, your likelihood of developing it will significantly increase.
2. Visual factors: When the body is moving or changing direction, if there is a discoordination between the sense of motion and vision, symptoms such as dizziness may occur.
3. Individual constitution: Motion sickness may also be triggered by emotional tension, excessive fatigue, lack of sleep, or physical weakness.
4. Neurotransmitter abnormalities: Abnormal secretion of neurotransmitters responsible for transmitting signals may lead to asynchronous processing of information, thus causing motion sickness.
5. Eardrum changes: Alterations in eardrum thickness or dysfunction may also affect information transmission and lead to motion sickness.