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cruise ship doctor cruises sea sickness holidays hangover migraineCruise: A colleague warned a ship doctor to look out for “fakes” while out at sea (Image: Getty Images)

Cruise ship holidays spend a fair bit of time out at sea which, if you suffer from travel sickness, could prove tricky. A cruise ship doctor, however, has revealed how often people pretend to be sea sick to avoid admitting the real problem. Medical expert Ben Macfarlane explained what he was told during his time on a cruise ship in his book Cruise Ship SOS. A colleague warned him to look out for “fakes” while out at sea.

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Passengers may think they’ll fooling the staff but they’re well aware of the truth.

“Seasickness is a very convenient illness,” Macfarlane’s medical colleague told him, he writes in the book.

“You’ll notice that the people who suffer the most are the ones who were in the bar knocking back mojitos at 2am the previous night.

“You’ll also see that these people never have hangovers. They come to us with sore heads in the morning because they’re prone to ‘migraines'.

“They feel sick when they wake up because of the air-conditioning in the staterooms, not because of all the vintage port they consumed at midnight.”

The same doctor also reveals his unusual cures for those actually suffering from seasickness.

cruise ship doctor cruises sea sickness holidays hangover migraineCruise: "They come to us with sore heads in the morning because they’re prone to ‘migraines'" (Image: Getty Images)

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