Scientists and doctors study sleep disorders as a consequence of a pandemic. According to Athena Akrami, the neurobiologist from the University College of London, which studies cognitive dysfunction at COVID-19, sleep disorders can form a vicious circle of symptoms, which is difficult to correctly diagnose and treat, reports the American Psychological Association website (American Psychological Association).
Decades of research revealed a link of chronic lack of sleep with an increased risk of obesity, heart diseases, a second-type diabetes and problems with the immune function of the body. Sleep disorders impede social, motor and cognitive skills, provoke suicide risks, depression and other mental health problems.
Consider behavioral solutions and additional support for the specialist. The best protection against insomnia doctors consider sleep hygiene and participation in cognitive behavioral therapy. “Go to bed approximately at the same time every night, as long as you feel drowsiness, and wake up at the same time every day. Establishing a daytime mode with exercise, regular food intake and staying on the sun also helps calibrate Circalic rhythm of the body. Like the refusal of caffeine for 10 hours and alcohol for three hours before bedtime, “James Maas, a former Professor of the Coroon University and an international consultant for sleep, was advised.
He recommends to leave the bedroom solely for sleep, contain it in silence, darkness and coolness. Gadgets, smartphones or laptops from bed advise to remove, since the blue screen glow pulls off the time of sleep. “If your insomnia lasts more than three weeks, it’s time to appeal to a qualified doctor,” Maas said. The psychologist explained that the cognitive behavioral therapy of insomnia helps to improve sleep hygiene and eliminate cognitive and behavioral barriers, for example, to reduce the amount of time spent in bed without sleep or for reflections, from which you can leaken.
Previously, the neurologist called too long sleep with a symptom of dangerous diseases. When compensating for failures in long sleep mode – this is the norm. But if a person spends the number of hours in a dream, the number of hours is spent in a dream, it is not hung, it is worth consulting a doctor.