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JET LAG
Jet lag is caused by a mismatch between a person's
normal daily (24-hour circadian rhythms) rhythms and a
new time zone. It is a temporary sleep problem that
usually occurs when you travel across more than three
time zones but can affect anyone who travels across
multiple time zones. Jet lag can affect your mood, your
ability to concentrate, and your physical and mental
performance.

—CDC

Where did the term

Jet Lag come from?
The term that describes the condition of jet lag appeared only
when jet-powered aircraft began to be used to travel long
distances in a short time.
Before airplanes were invented to travel fast, long-distance
travel was usually done by propeller-driven planes, ships, or
trains.
Traveling using various means of transportation will take a
long time and the distance is more limited than the existing
aircraft.
Well, a longer trip with a limited distance does not cause any
physiological problems that make the body experience jet lag.
This is why, the term jet lag came into use when jet powered
aircraft were invented and used to travel long distances in a
short time.

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Jet Lag
Traveling or vacationing abroad with a different time zone can cause us to experience a condition called jet lag.
Jet lag is an uncomfortable feeling or condition in the body. This condition is the result of long-haul flights that
are carried out in a short time and pass through several time zones. Well, when you are in a new time zone, your
body will naturally adjust to the time you are in. For example, when we travel by plane from Indonesia to
abroad at different times. Jet lag occurs because the body is "confused" to adjust to the new time.
Jet lag experienced by the body after traveling long
distances across different time zones is actually a
physiological condition or related to the functions and
mechanisms that work in the body. When experiencing jet
lag, it is actually related to the circadian pattern or rhythm
in our body. Circadian patterns are rhythms that determine
our time to be active for 24 hours or a day. Well, this
circadian rhythm regulates when we have to sleep or wake
up which is influenced by light and will later have an
influence on the brain..lag.

Bright light is a sign for the body that we must move. Meanwhile, low light, dim, or even dark
will make the body produce melatonin, which causes us to sleep. However, by traveling in
different time zones, this eventually affects the circadian patterns of the body and causes jet

SYMPTOM
The symptomatology of jet lag can often be difficult to define because of variation
between people, but also because the same person can experience different
symptoms after each flight. Jet-lagged travelers typically experience 1 of the
following symptoms after a flight across >3 timezones:
 Poor sleep, including difficulty initiating sleep at the usual time of night (after
eastward flights), early awakening (after westward flights), and fractionated sleep
(after flights in either direction)
 Poor performance in physical and mental tasks during the new daytime
 Negative feelings such as fatigue, headache, irritability, anxiety, inability to
concentrate, and depression
 Gastrointestinal disturbances and decreased interest in, and enjoyment of,meals
 Symptoms are difficult to distinguish from the general fatigue resulting from
international travel itself, as well as from other travel factors such as the hypoxia
in the aircraftcabin.

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Circadian Rhythms and Biological Clock

Reporting from the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences, circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and
behavioral treatments that become habitual for you for 24
hours. This is a natural process that you do in response to day
and night. An example of a circadian rhythm is when you sleep
at night and wake up during the day.
The biological clock regulates the body more specifically, such
as how proteins interact with cells. This will affect various
things in our bodies. Functions regulated by circadian rhythms
and biological clocks include hormone release, diet and
digestion, body temperature and many other functions.
When the light is received less, the brain will receive the
information as a command to produce more melatonin. This is
why when the lights are turned off at night, you will fall asleep
more easily than when the lights are on.

MYTH OR FACT
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