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Shift Work Sleep Disorder and Complications

Manish Agarwal*, Kanwal Sharma and Mohammad Jamal

Shift work sleep disorder is actually a circadian rhythm disorder, the most common trouble faced by many individuals working in night shifts or rotational shifts, also refers as jet lag syndrome. This problem leads to disturbance in 24 hours body internal clock, as a result the internal clock needs to modify or reset the body sleep time. In this review we explain the complications and injuries faced in rotational shifts by shift work sleep disorders.