Effects on the Heart. Insomnia can raise the risk of developing coronary heart disease or ischaemic heart disease. However, this increased danger is very modest compared with other risk factors for heart disease.
Effects on Weight. Insomnia or sleeplessness or wakefulness can cause weight gain and obesity. Obesity problem in the United States might have insomnia as one of its causes. Sleep deprivation or sleeplessness might disrupt the hormones that regulate glucose metabolism and can cause weight gain. The association between insomnia and obesity is strongest in young and middle-age adults.
Effects of Insomnia on growth. Highest levels of growth hormones are released into the bloodstream when we are sleeping. Although release of growth hormones is a continuous process and our body releases these growth hormones throughout the day and night but the level of release is highest during night and when we are sleeping. Because insomnia or sleep deprivation results in a decrease in the release of these hormones, there is an adverse effect on height and growth.
Effects of Insomnia on the healing process. Sleeplessness also weakens our immune system and a sleep deprived person will take more time to heal a wound than a normal healthy sleeper.
There can be very bad effects of insomnia on the quality of life. Although Insomnia is not life threatening, except in very rare cases, where the person is suffering from fatal familial insomnia.
Insomnia produces side-effects that can impact people of all ages. However, there are also differences in the way insomnia affects younger and older people.
Effects of Insomnia on Mood and Quality of Life
It has been found that the people suffering from severe insomnia have a quality of life as poor as people who have chronic problems, such as heart failure. If you are suffering from insomnia, you may complain of more daytime sleepiness, lack of alertness and memory problems.
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