{"id":48050,"date":"2018-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmp-blog.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/jet-lag\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:24:37","slug":"jet-lag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.com.ng\/blog\/jet-lag\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal With The Jet Lag Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is jet lag?<\/h2>\n

Jet lag (or desynchronosis<\/em>) is a temporary disorder that happens when you travel across two or more time zones on long-haul flights and your circadian rhythm is disturbed. Your circadian rhythm, a.k.a. body clock, is the 24-hour cycle that signals your body when it should eat, sleep, or wake up.<\/p>\n

Your circadian rhythm is tuned to the time zone of home, so when you catch a flight at 00:10 in Abuja<\/a> on 1 January, fly for 23 hours, and land in New York<\/a> at 16:00 the same day, your body is not going to know what on earth is going on. Your brain will understand the time shift and be eager to explore, but your body will think it is 23:00 and be ready for bed.<\/p>\n

This state of confusion and disruption is jet lag.<\/p>\n

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What is the feeling of jet lag?<\/h2>\n

Jet lag symptoms vary from person to person. You may step off a 20-hour flight and feel just fine but your travel partner may feel terrible. The intensity of jet lag is also influenced by the length of the flight and direction you are travelling \u2013 jet lag is usually worse when flying east.<\/p>\n

If you are travelling from Lagos to London<\/a>, you will not cross any time zones and will be travelling north, so you might experience slight<\/em> jet lag. But if you are travelling from Lagos to Tokyo<\/a>, you will be crossing multiple time zones and travelling east, so the jet lag is likely to be more intense.<\/p>\n

Some of the most common symptoms are:<\/p>\n