Lack of sleep is pretty unpleasant to anyone. And besides – also dangerous in some cases.
Anyone who knows firsthand about feeling after a lack of sleep, faced with certain ailments after a sleepless night.
Scientists and doctors in one voice say – lack of sleep is dangerous for the human body. These hazards are associated with many human organs and systems, and can also cause many ailments:
Lack of sleep can lead to an increase in blood pressure, which in turn causes dizziness, trembling in the limbs, shortness of breath, and a throbbing headache. If these symptoms continue for some time, the state of the cardiovascular system worsens.
Blurred vision
Owing to lack of sleep, the optic nerve swells, intracranial pressure rises, and in the meantime, vision also becomes worse.
If a person sleeps only 5 hours a day, then the risk to gain too much increases immediately by 50%. Well, then on the rise – the less you sleep, the more excess weight you gain.
Chronic fatigue
Chronic fatigue syndrome disrupts brain activity – a person can simply get lost in space and time. This also adds a feeling of weakness and discomfort, chills, muscle aches and irritability.
Hormonal disorders
The peak of the activity of the hormone sleep melatonin – at two in the morning. If a person does not sleep at this time, a melatonin deficiency is inevitable, accelerating the aging of the body.
Appearance problems
Violation of metabolic processes leads to a decrease in the synthesis of proteins, collagen and elastin, which affect the condition of the skin, its elasticity and the absence of wrinkles.
Decrease in potency
Lack of sleep leads to a decrease in testosterone production.
As you can see, the phrase “sleep is the best medicine” is very true.
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