Sleep Deprivation and its consequences

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Can too little sleep ruin your relationship? (An article written by Luisa Dillner)

Lack of sleep has a bad impact on our health and causes the risk of many diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Now scientists claim that it can also be destructive to relationships. “Since more than a third of us get only six hours a night (less than the recommended seven to nine), we shouldn’t be surprised if our love lives are suffering,” comments the author, Luisa Dillner.
Ohio State University kept the experiment of more than forty couples and studies showed that those who slept less than seven hours a night were more aggressive. The researchers measured their proteins IL-6 and TNF-alpha. A rise in these can cause diseases such as diabetes. The study found out that the stress and sleep deprivation combined are more likely to lead to an increase in markers.  “This is the first study to show the synergistic effects of short sleep and conflict for inflammation,” said lead author, Dr. Stephanie J Wilson.
Sleep affects the parts of the brain which are responsible for solving problems. Without that ability, we cannot function as a full human being. “It is also no coincidence that the dive in relationship satisfaction in the first year after having a baby comes during a long stretch of sleep deprivation. It is hard enough to do anything on not much sleep,” analyzes Luisa Dillner.
I have chosen this topic because the problem considered in the article is really urgent, especially for people who are sleep-deprived.

Things i would like to learn about:

  • How to manage your time to avoid sleep deprivation?
  • Can short sleep during the day compensate for lack of sleep at night?
  • Does meditation help to restore the health after sleepless night?

References:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/11/too-little-sleep-ruins-relationships

Комментарии

  1. Юля7 октября 2018 г. в 01:07

    Hi, Nastya:)
    I have some questions about your article:
    1. How many people do suffer from this problem?
    2. Does the lack os sleep have an influence on our emotional state?
    3. How can we solve this problem?

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  2. Дарья8 октября 2018 г. в 21:19

    Wow how interesting!

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