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On board the Belem: advice from the doctor on the sailboat to avoid seasickness
On board the Belem: advice from the doctor on the sailboat to avoid seasickness
(France 2)
Journalist Matthieu Boisseau travels aboard the Belem, the sailboat which carries the Olympic flame to France. The opportunity to ask Nicolas Liechtmaneger Lepitre, doctor on board the Belem, on Friday May 3, for his advice on avoiding seasickness.
Journalist Matthieu Boisseau is present on the Belem, the sailboat which transports the Olympic flame to France. Friday May 3, he hands his microphone to Nicolas Liechtmaneger Lepitre, doctor on board the Belem. While sailing conditions have become tougher on the sailboat since Thursday afternoon, the doctor returns to seasickness. “Seasickness is an abnormal physiological reaction which is a misinterpretation between our three main balancing organs, which are the inner ear in the first place, the eyes and the position of our joints in space”explains Nicolas Liechtmaneger Lepitre.
“All sailors will suffer or have suffered from seasickness”
“All sailors will suffer or have suffered from seasickness at one time or another, even the most experienced”, says the doctor. To avoid being sick, you must “gradually sour”, he says. Nicolas Liechtmaneger Lepitre adds that we must fight against the five factors that cause seasickness: fatigue, hunger, cold, fear and thirst.
