Motion sickness or travel sickness affects people who are sensitive to riding in cars, trains or roller coasters, or flying in planes and travelling on a ship. The movement of the device makes them dizzy and nauseous to the point of vomiting. The nausea is often accompanied by severe headaches.

There are other ways of preventing travel sickness apart from the usual medicines from the pharmacy.

• Always sit in the direction of travel

• When travelling by car, look out of the windscreen, not the side window

• Reading while travelling can exacerbate symptoms

• Fix your eyes on distant objects that are not moving

• Always sit as far forward as possible

• Never start a journey on an empty stomach

• Ginger preparations help before and during the journey

• Chewing a fresh mint leaf helps to alleviate the symptoms

• Don't fill your stomach with heavy and rich meals while travelling, rather have several small snacks

• As a preventative measure, you can wear a special bracelet against travel sickness, following the instructions exactly. These bracelets contain small magnets and are therefore completely harmless

• Distraction often works against travel sickness. It is best to listen to music or talk to fellow travellers