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The traveller experiences fatigue, disorientation, sleep difficulties, impaired concentration and physical performance, anxiety, loss of appetite and constipation. Jet lag will usually disappear within about three days after arrival. There are, however a number of ways to minimise the impact: Start the journey in as relaxed a state as possible. Ensure a good sleep the night before flying, allow plenty of time to get to the airport.
The term jet lag is used because before the arrival of passenger jet aircraft, it was uncommon to travel far and fast enough to cause jet lag. Travel by propeller-driven aircraft, by ship or by train were slower and of more limited distance than jet flights, and thus did not contribute widely to the problem.