Travelers' Health

Jet Lag; Tropical Medicine

This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Jet lag, also jetlag or jet-lag, is a physiological condition which is a consequence of alterations to the circadian rhythm. Such alterations result from shift work, altered day length, or as the name implies, transmeridian travel as on a jet plane. They are known as desynchronosis, dysrhythmia, dyschrony, jet lag, or jet syndrome. The condition is generally believed to be the ...