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Ever had the feleling of nausia whilst up on the snow hills skiing or snowboarding? Happened to me this weekend. I was totally free of alchohol for the whole week, so definitely no hang over. No flue either. The conditions were 200 meters of visibility, no trees on the slopes and not too many visual cues. Got that bad, I had to make my way down the slope very gradually, have break for an hour or so before I could have another go, only to get nausia again. The swaying of the ski lift did not help either. In contrast my son had no trouble what so ever. Well looks like I am not the only one and they have a name for it, Ski Sickness. Dr Hausler in 1995 experienced it first hand and being part of the Ear Nose and Throat Department of the Swiss hospital decided to do a study of it, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_sickness It is caused by your brain getting confused by contradictory sensory information from your inner ears, sight and feel from your feet. I have searched various forums and found it mainly happens in low visibility and or when there are poor visual cues of the landscape shape. So seeing things like trees can greatly help to reduce the effects. I am particularily suseptible to motion sickness in cars and boats, so no surprise that Ski Sickness affects me. I also had to take my prescription glasses off due to fogging, so my astigmatism further reduced my visual cues adding to the problem. I will try sea sickness tablets next time to see if that helps. Any one else have this problem?
