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Jet Lag Treatment
Complications / Issues
If you are frequently changing time zone or working long hours or shifts, you do start working at only 60 to 70% of your potential. You lose concentration, you lose judgment, you lose reaction.
Treatment
The state of Jet Lag generally lasts up to a few days or more, depending on the person, and medical experts have deemed that a recovery rate of "one day per time zone" is a reasonable guideline.
Sleep, relaxation, moderate exercise, and sensible diet seem to be the simplest recovery activities.
Good sleep hygiene practices also promote rapid recovery from Jet Lag:
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Random Sleeping Tip |
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| People who are suffering from insomnia must not take a shower before they go to sleep, but instead must take a warm bath because this will help relax their muscles and they will be able to have a good night sleep. On the other hand if they will take a shower then they are going to be wide awake and this will then take them a longer time to achieve sleep. So it is wise to take a long hot bath before going to sleep. |
- Exercise regularly (but not too close to bedtime)
- Ensure that they get enough sleep
- Keep a regular sleep diary
- Reducing stress levels in their lives
- Exposure to sunlight is a factor that helps reset the body's clock.
For people who don't fly multiple times per week, it can be an effective non-drug remedy to skip sleep entirely for one night and one day and then go to bed at a normal destination-area bedtime on the next day.
Prevention
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Simple prevention from Jet Lag can be achieved by ensuring that you get a good sleep aboard your flight and drink lots of fluid (but not coffee or alcohol) to reduce the effects of dehydration on the body, caused by the dry air at altitude and the interruption of regular eating/drinking patterns.
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Seasoned travelers set their clock to their destination's time zone as soon as practical and join the new rhythm.
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