Dr. Professor Ramon B. Gustilo: "I really hope that Filipinos understand the importance of sleep. Deep sleep of 7-8 hours a day is the time for the body to regenerate energy and protect the body such as: restoring and repairing muscle tissue, strengthening the immune system; consolidating memory; regulating hormones, reducing stress; eliminating toxins in the brain, in the blood, increasing alertness, reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease; internal organs are rested to reduce operating pressure"
If you have insomnia for a long time, it can cause many dangerous diseases, not just insomnia due to age, such as:
- Anxiety disorders, depression, chronic stress: Depression makes the patient have no habit of eating and drinking, decreased energy, poor memory, easily negative, difficult to concentrate, ... Over time, it causes the patient to suffer from frequent insomnia and if not treated, the insomnia becomes more and more serious.
- Endocrine diseases: Insomnia can also be linked to hormonal disorders such as hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid), which can cause restlessness and difficulty sleeping. Hormonal changes in the body, especially in menopausal women, can also affect sleep
- Cardiovascular disease: Insomnia is closely linked to high blood pressure and heart disease. During sleep, a person's blood pressure drops. If you can't sleep and have sleep problems, your blood pressure will be higher over time. High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke
- Stomach pain, gastric reflux: Insomnia will cause stress, increase the secretion of HCL acid - one of the factors that harm the stomach lining, causing stomach pain. At the same time, stomach pain torments the patient so that he often cannot sleep well at night, has to wake up, toss and turn, and is uncomfortable. And the more sleep deprivation causes stomach pain, the more serious it becomes.
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- Chronic pain: Staying up late and poor sleep quality can be factors that can trigger pain and make the symptoms of arthritis worse. According to experts, lack of sleep triggers inflammation, leading to joint pain and worsening of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Old insomnia causes many negative effects such as obesity, skin aging, and decreased physiology