Snoring is often a result Turns Dangerous For Health

violitahealth.com - Not many people are aware that he was having trouble sleeping. In fact, the poor quality of sleep can cause serious health problems.
There are still many of us assume that a sleep disorder is not something serious. In fact, you know, one of the causes of the accident the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 was due to the lack of proper decision-making from NASA managers, who traced back-trace resulted from lack of sleep?

Yes, sleep is a very important body needs, but many regard as the usual break. During sleep, the brain waves actually very active. According to Dr. Andreas A. Prasadja, normal sleep consists of several stages, including a stage of rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep or dream, and non-REM stages. Non-REM stages are subdivided into 4 stages: stage 1 to 4. Stage 1 and 2 is often called shallow sleep, while stages 3 and 4 are called deep sleep, the stage where the most difficult to wake.
Once entered in stage 3 sleep, our body will secrete growth hormone (growth hormone). "This hormone is important for building the body's cells are damaged. In children, this hormone serves to growth, such as bone growth.

The hormone cortisol is released by the body will increase toward morning. "Increased cortisol hormone is especially in times of stress (physical or psychological). The hormone cortisol is what makes us get up in conditions of strong and fresh," said Andreas.

often Ignored

Most people need 6-10 hours of sleep. "Lack of sleep and sleepiness can be fatal. Lack of sleep 1.5 hours can decrease alertness during the day as much as 33 percent, while sleepy is a factor that affects the occurrence of traffic accidents by 30 percent," said Andreas.

To determine whether a person gets enough sleep, among others with its measuring sleep latency (the time it takes to fall asleep, the normal value is 15-20 minutes.) "If a person falls asleep faster or longer than that time, there could be a interference. "
Unfortunately, people's knowledge about sleep disorders are lacking. "Let alone the general public, the field of medical services is not yet widely known. People regard the bed was just the break, get up, and refreshed. In fact, it is not that simple."

So, no wonder so many people with the sleep disorder but did not know he was having trouble sleeping. The most common symptoms on sleep disorders usually is hypersomnia or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS / excessive daytime sleepiness). "People should have a fresh move, but on certain people even sleepy and tired. It comes from ignorance that sleep is a process that can be controlled / regulated, "said Andreas.

Headache

Ninety percent of people with EDS experience sleep disorders. One of the sleep disorder most common is apnes sleep apnea (OSA), whose symptoms EDS and snoring. During this time people think of snoring as a sign of sleep that soundly. Though not. When people snore, the narrowing in the upper airways. "It could be your tongue falls back or the patient has the tonsils. The danger is if the channel becomes completely clogged, causing respiratory arrest," said Andreas. At the time of cessation of breathing, oxygen levels also drop, while carbon dioxide levels rose.

In the respiratory tract there are sensors that were active when carbon dioxide rises. When the sensor is active and show carbon dioxide levels rise, people will wake up for a moment (mini arousal) to open the airway. "Not awoke full of, yes. Well, overnight, this will be repeated. As a result, sleep is fragmented, not continuously, it would not be good."

Unfortunately, people do not know if he was snoring. "The idea is a spouse or roommate. People also do not remember that that night he woke up repeatedly because breathing stops. What he feels, so get up early, he did not feel fresh, headaches, and subsequently EDS again, and so on. As a result, concentration, memory, and even decreased libido. "

OSA is also associated with impaired sexual function, memory and concentration, and changes in personality. OSA can also affect the health of others, such as cardiovascular health. When snoring, oxygen levels decrease. If it happens repeatedly, the oxygen will fall so that damage blood vessels. "As a result, hardened vessels (atherosclerosis), plus more if the intake of foods containing high cholesterol, the blood vessels become stiff, leading to hypertension, coronary blood vessel disorders, or even stroke," explains Andreas.

For breathing, decreased oxygen and increased carbon that occur repeatedly will take a long time to make the body accustomed to low oxygen levels and high carbon dioxide.