What is the disease called when you are on a ship or a boat?

Question

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Answer 1

motion sickness it can happen when on rides at the park and in the car.. or its called sea sickness.

Answer 2

You are thinking of Scurvy. This is caused by a vitamin C deficiency. The main cause was malnutrition. In the old days saylors would bring grapefruits on the boats the help "cure" the disease. The symptoms can include:    

    * Dark purplish spots on skin, especially legs.

    * Spongy gums, often leading to tooth loss.

    * Bleeding from all mucous membranes.

    * Pallor

    * Bleeding gums.

    * Sunken eyes

    * Opening of healed scars and separation of knitted bone fractures.

    * Nosebleeds



Sea sickness refers to motion sickness while on a boat and is caused by the repetitive up and down movements of the boat. There are OTC remedies for sea sickness and may be curbed by fixating on the horizon while on a boat.

Answer 3

scurvy is a disease

sea sickness isnt a disease...but it happens to people on ships or boats...

Answer 4

You may be referring to scurvy; a vitamin C deficiency. It is not a problem anymore on ships.

Answer 5

sea sickiness i think

Answer 6

Sea sickness, gastro intestinal viruses, colds and flus and in recent times, the highly contagious Norwalk virus can spoil the best laid plans of cruise enthusiasts.

During military campaigns and long ocean voyages, food consumed by the ship crewmembers largely lacked in fresh fruits and vegetables, thus causing inadequacy of Vitamin C and leading to outbreak of scurvy epidemics.

Answer 7

you could also be talking about Norwak which is flu like in it's symptoms