Jet Lag Is Part Of Life For Frequent Fliers

Dealing with jet lag is fairly easy for people who fly only occasionally, perhaps just a couple of times a year on vacation or for the odd business trip, but for aircrews and regular long-haul fliers, jet lag often brings a number of health problems which can become virtually permanent.

Long-haul travelers will be more than familiar with the disturbance to their sleep pattern and the insomnia that can be produced by a long trip, in addition to things like irritability, changes in mood, gastro-intestinal problems and difficulty in processing information. But, for the very frequent flier these often transient symptoms become a part of daily life and are regularly joined by menstrual cycle problems for women and also by short-term psychiatric problems for a number of individuals.

The main factors in influencing the degree of jet lag that you experience, aside from the frequency of travel, are the distances involved, the direction of travel and how old you are.

If you frequently travel across only two or three time zones then any affects are likely to be extremely mild. However, as soon as you start crossing more than three time zones, and particularly when you get up to frequently traveling across six or more time zones, symptoms will begin to increase significantly.

The symptoms of jet lag are also far more noticeable when you travel east and tend to affect you less if you fly west. If you travel from London to Singapore on vacation for instance you will experience more jet lag when you arrive in Singapore at the beginning of your holiday than you will in London when you get home.

In general when you fly east you can expect jet lag to last for a few days and a good guide is about two thirds of the number of time zones crossed. For instance, if you travel across six time zones you could expect jet lag to affect you for about four days. Traveling west jet lag could be expected to last for about half of this time.

Another important factor when it comes to jet lag is age and, as your age increases, you will discover that you are affected more and more by jet lag.

There is no such thing as a true jet lag cure although there is a lot that you can do to help to reduce the symptoms of jet lag.

Any long-haul air traveler will know only too well the effects which jet lag has on the body but for aircrews and those people who are regular long-haul fliers air travel can be very hard on the body.

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