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Did you know that not getting enough sleep is associated with several different chronic diseases and conditions? Diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity, depression and also cardiovascular diseases. Your inability to fall asleep or stay asleep may be having an important impact on your health.
There is a direct connection between how you feel and how you perform each day to how much sleep you received the night before. Not being able to get enough sleep due to sleep disorders can lead to and cause the onset of many diseases.
Do you know how much sleep is required of your body and the bodies of those in your family in order for everyone to be healthy? Infants from birth to 2 months of age require between 10.5 and 18 hours of sleep, babies between 2 months and 12 months of age need to get between 14 and 15 hours of sleep, toddlers between the ages of 12 months and 18 months require 13 to 15 hours of sleep, and when they are between 18 months and 3 years of age they need to get between 12 and 14 hours of sleep.
Kids who are between the ages of 3 and 5 need between 11 and 13 hours of sleep while those who are between ages 5 and 12 need to receive 9 to 11 hours of sleep. The hours of sleep needed each night drops during the teen years to 8.5 to 9.5 hours each night and adults require between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each night.
Our bodies require sleep in order to be healthy. There are many things we can do to insure that our bodies can receive the rest they need including good sleep hygiene. Good sleep hygiene includes going to bed at the same time each night, rising at the same time each morning, sleeping in a quiet, dark and relaxing environment.
Our sleeping environment should not be too hot or too cold. Our beds should be comfortable and only used for sleeping. We should not have any gadgets in our bedrooms that will distract us from sleeping such as TVs, computers, and other electronic toys. It is best not to do any physical activity within a few hours of bedtime and to avoid large meals before going to bed.
Many individuals have sleep disorders that prevent them from getting the quality and quantity of sleep that the human body requires each night. These sleep disorders affect many people and disrupts their ability to receive the sleep that is vital for good health. Some common sleep disorders are insomnia in which the individual is unable to fall asleep or has difficulty staying asleep.
Insomnia can result in an inability to function normally at work or school. Narcolepsy is when individuals have excessive daytime sleepiness that combines with sudden muscle weakness that is called, “sleep attacks”. These attacks can occur in unusual circumstances such as when the individual is talking or driving a car.
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is a sleep disorder that is rapidly gaining more attention from the media and is an unpleasant sensation of “tingling” or “creepy crawly feelings” up and down the legs and even can be experienced on the arms.
There can also be aches and pains in the legs that combined with the other feelings make it difficult for the individual to get to sleep. Sleep apnea is when the individual is awoken from sleep gasping for air, or “snorting” because of a temporary absence of breath.
It is vital that anyone who suspects that they or someone they love may be experiencing signs of a sleep disorder that they receive professional evaluation and diagnosis so that treatment can help to restore a healthy sleep pattern for them.
Originally posted 2008-06-24 10:45:59.
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