From March 6th to 13th, the significance of sleep and sleep disorders are brought to light by health care professionals and more to raise awareness regarding the health benefits of sleep and how important it is for each person to get their 40-winks!
Rock-a-Bye-Baby
Sleep is essential to feeling refreshed, rested, and maintaining good health. The National Institutes of Health estimates that sleep-related problems affect 50 to 70 million Americans of all ages and all classes. Whether it's sleeping too little or having sleep-related disorders, many Americans are tossing and turning during the night.
Wired Awake Risks
Your shut-eye is incredibly important for a healthy lifestyle. As it turns out, lack of sleep can affect the body negatively. Sleep loss and sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome, represents a public health problem. These factors are responsible for an individual getting an insufficient amount of sleep and have been associated with a wide range of health consequences including hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart attacks and strokes.
If you happen to have a serious sleep disorder, such as apnea, you should seek medical attention. This is when the person has pauses in breathing often during sleep. This causes the oxygen levels to fluctuate widely which can destroy blood vessel livings. In turn, this leads to heart attacks and strokes.
The average American only gets 6.8 hours of sleep a night, even though 8 hours is the optimum time. If you're not getting enough sleep, you're not alone! Anything less than seven hours of shut-eye can affect your physical and mental health.
Take the time now, during Sleep Awareness Week, to evaluate your sleep behaviors and potential problems!
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