Jet Lag Syndrome
Treating The Jet Lag
This is the second most popular sleep disorder and more often
than not affect international flights and if it's domestic
if they're going between time zones. This happens when you
knock your body clock out of synch since if you travel across
different time zones especially at the international level
because that can throw you off an entire day if you're coming
from the west going east from New York to London or Los Angeles
to Tokyo or Sydney which can throw you off since you cross
the international date line which is one day ahead and behind.
According to some medical studies, it seems as though women
are more affected than men due to the natural hormone estrogen
and it's triggered when the body when accustomed to normal
daytime and nighttime rhythms hence you're upsetting the body's
natural state of corresponding with a specific time of day
and it can even disturb eating patterns as well. It might
use up several days to even a full week to regain some normalcy
on the time and place once you've had time to sleep yourself
into adjustment mode.
The symptoms of jet lag differ by the individual person and
sometime the symptoms can include or be a combination of dehydration
which can trigger minor disorientation, and loss of appetite,
headaches and sinus irritations, fatigue, grogginess, nausea
or vomiting from an upset stomach, irritability, and mild
depression. However, jet lag is not related to the length
of a flight, but the transmerdian distance traveled. For instance,
if you flew from New York and Los Angeles which is about 5
hours you will feel some jet lag crossing the Central and
Mountain time zones. Jet lag can be very difficult in places
like Alaska and Russia due to the fact that Alaska only sees
a short amount of daylight and Russia has 11 different time
zones and can really throw someone off if they were flying
from Copenhagen to Tokyo.
Generally people that are prone to this are often given sedatives
by their doctors to help them sleep through the flight and
to wake up without the effects of jet lag when they land in
their destination.
There are few ways which you can recover quicker from jet
lag, such as proper nutrition, exercise, and sleep because
you'll be surprised to know that people who don't sleep or
get enough rest and relaxation will face with it later when
they land and the disorientation sets in. According to doctors,
sunlight can help reset your body's clock back in synch.
It's hard to pinpoint the severity of jet lag since it affects
people differently and most of the time affect those who travel
on international flights are less likely to deal with jet
lag because they're used to the constant change.
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