Have you ever heard desynchronosis? Sounds like a difficult thing, right? Desynchronosis is a a chronobiological problem, occurs due to a sudden change of daylight and darkness exposure to the body which is in the opposite to the body rhythms. Sounds familiar now? YES!! It's a fancy name of Jet Lag. The common term of jet lag is easier to use, since it's associated with the arrival of the personnel by using jet aircraft.
Jet lag is basically happened because a sudden change of time of daylight and darkness exposure which the body used to. The body is naturally upset since the circadian time of the body which regulates nearly every thing of the body pattern is not match with the environment time. The common symptoms is disturbance in sleeping cycle, leads to fatigue, headache, irritability, and losing appetite.
Jet lag could occur if we travel at least to a 3-hour-different area, though some sensitive people could experience jet lag even with a 1-hour-different time. Jet
lag will become a problem especially for a regular travelers and
athletes, since their performance is highly related to concentration,
while jet lag is practically reducing it.
In general, our body could adjust with the new time after two and a half day, but again, it depends on the person. People say that the key point is forcing the body the experience the new day-night cycle. So if it's a day, better to walk outside the house, showered by the sunshine. Especially, light is well-known to forcefully open our eyes. When it turns to night, stay in the dark room and try to sleep. Caffeine and sleeping pills some times become the aids.
According to some researches results by the University of Virginia, a key point to enhance the speed of body adjustment lays on a neurotransmitter named gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). This GABA is responsible to pull off the body and environment clock to synchronize again. This neurotransmitter might be a new treatment target in future, which will be a big help.
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