Quite literally. How come when we feel “confused”, we start getting the need to expel the contents from our stomach?
I get that we get sea-sick because of “mixed signals” coming in to our brain. But why do we feel nauseous? How come the centre of the problem becomes the stomach, and not some sort of heightened sense of needing to find balance?
Hope this question makes at leasr some sense. Thanks!
There’s a part of your brain called the chemoreceptor trigger zone which triggers the vomiting reaction. Dizziness is one of the things which can activate this zone. It’s thought that since dizziness is a common side effect of poisons, we’ve evolved to vomit whenever we’re dizzy.
That might bring up a follow-up question
My guess was that some poisons affect the nerves, or decrease blood supply to the brain? I don’t have anything more specific though
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Is it accurate to call alcohol a poison?
I don’t drink and I can be even more insufferable to my drinking friends with that information.
it’s accurate but please don’t bother your friends about it
Everything is a poison.
One of my favorite maxims.
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So once the signals get mixed up, the dizziness sets in?
It’s like your brain is trying to control your legs but the server is overloaded and the lag is terrible.
Makes sense, thank you!