When it is an hour late in the fall, we gain an hour of dream, and conversely, an hour is lost when it is early in the spring. Sleep, which works in 24-hour cycles, can be disturbed for several days, especially with the change of hour in summer, which amputates to sleep for an hour and can cause problems of this type:
- Attention disorders when falling asleep,
- appetite problems
- lowering of work capacity,
- mood problems.
El Time change It is considered by some scientists as more harmful to health than jet lag related to the changes of spindles during travel.
Indeed, the Time change it does not go hand in hand with the change of activity, as when taking a trip, for example. Man must, without changing his geographical situation, displace all his activities and his temporal reference points. In this case we mean lunchtime, waking time, bedtime.
Hormonal disturbances related to jet lag
Problems dream they can manifest themselves and are related to hormonal disturbances, directly related to time changes. The melatonin, the hormone that regulates the rhythm of awakening from sleep, is directly affected by the length of the night, different in summer than in winter. It takes 2 hours of dimmed light for melatonin to reach the level needed to induce sleep.
People vulnerable to time change
Problems related to Time change They are more frequent in certain people and three risk groups are distinguished:
- All the people mayores, more accustomed to fixed schedules and a short sleep are likely to suffer jet lag with greater intensity.
- The children, and in particular babies, throughout the time change in summer, babies go from waking up and from a dream in the twilight to waking up from a dream in daylight, which can cause disturbances in rest .
- All the people sick hospitalized, weakened in fact by their physical situation, suffer problems of adaptation to the new seasonal schedules.