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Jet lag, medical term desynchronosis, is sleep disturbance condition that most people experience when travelling across several time zones by air. When travelling across time zones with big time difference, the traveller’s internal clock does not synchronise with the external environment.

People experiencing jet lag find it difficult to adjust with the new sleep-awake pattern in the new location. This causes one to feel distubed energy levels resulting in disturbance in general comfort & energey levels combined with disturbance in emotional control mechanism in extreme cases.

Prevention and remedies:

Although there is no specific treatment for jet lag, but these tips may help.

Reset your watch to the new time zone immediately before departure and try to follow sleep pattern with the new time zone. The first and primary preventive step is getting good sleep prior to a trans-time-zone flight.

In many cases that sleep-wake disturbance effect is the immediate effect of jet lag. Taking good sleep & rest before travel can only help the body cope with the physical & biological stress caused by change in time zone. Other factors that can help include avoiding alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine, which are known to reduce sleep & restless sleep. However so far many travelers have explored the use of melatonine as an effective remedy.

When you feel badly stressed after a log air travel, a natural hormone melatonine may be helpful (sonsult if under medical treatment).It is naturally synthesized by the pineal gland in the brain and is inhibited when the retina of the eye is exposed to light. A dose of melatonine will fool the body to believe that you have taken your natural sleep and will help synchronize your awake-sleep pattern with the new time zone

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