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The Importance of Sleep

The Importance of Sleep

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The world today is brimming with options, alternates, and substitutes. In this world full of countless options, we have come to a point where we believe that caffeine and power naps can substitute restful sleep. Boy, are we wrong! There have been many articles in the newspapers, web blogs, and in medical journals stressing and reiterating the importance of sleep for years. This simple act of lying still with closed eyes through the night can contribute to longevity, higher levels of brain activity, and holistic well-being.

A good night’s sleep is extremely important for our wellbeing. When we are well-rested, we feel energetic, fresh, and active, which helps us perform our jobs and daily tasks efficiently. Regardless of our age, getting enough sleep is a precursor to a healthy and long life. Although the amount of sleep we need may vary by age or between individuals, but we cannot ignore its importance.

Why do we need to sleep enough?

A good night’s sleep helps us in more ways than we can imagine. Some of the most crucial functions that occur while we are asleep include:

Revitalization

When we are unwell, we are recommended rest. As we spend more time sleeping while unwell, our body uses this time to speed up the healing process that helps us get better faster. Of all the functions that occur during sleep, tissue repair, reorganization of memory and relaxation of the heart muscle due to lowered heart rate are most important. The result of these activities is an increased ability to fight diseases and speedy healing. These functions also continue during days when we are well and help us feel relaxed and revitalized when we wake up.

Recognition

Our life is a collection of learnings, experiences, and memories. As we continue to add to these, our brain uses the time we spend sleeping to reorganize and index these memories and experiences so we can easily recollect them when needed. For example, the tasks we perform daily use the skills we learned years ago in school. Sleeping initiates the process of moving things from our short-term memory to our long-term memory.

Regulation

Sleep performs another important task – weight regulation. As our body relaxes while we sleep, it also prevents overeating, binging and many other activities that might trigger unnecessary weight gain. As sleeping suppresses the hormones responsible for controlling our urge to eat, we end up being fitter.

What happens when we do not sleep enough?

A lot is dependent on sleep. The lack of sleep affects our behaviour, our cognitive ability, and our general wellbeing. These health conditions are inter-related, and one may also give rise to another or become the causal factor for another condition. For example, the lack of sleep increases anxiety, which is a causal factor for hypertension which in turn enhances the individual’s risk for heart disease.

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A Sleep Study can help in the investigation and analysis of our sleeping patterns. In India, Sanrai Med offers sleep studies in the comfort of your own home. Click here to know more about how you can undergo a sleep study at home.

Sleep Apnea

For millennia, we have considered snoring to be a definitive sign that a person is asleep. This is sadly not so. Snoring might be the reason for many health risks that we attribute to the lack of sleep today. Snoring is a symptom of a serious condition known as Sleep Apnea. Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. Often overlooked as just snoring, this condition is easily addressable using medical investigation and home care.

Sleep-apnea

Sanrai Med offers assistive devices like CPAP machines, which can help you avoid many of the potential health risks that sleep deprivation and sleep apnea may cause. Click here to know more about CPAP machines, sleep studies and Sleep Apnea.

Some major health risks caused by sleep apnea and the lack of sleep include:

High blood pressure and heart disease

Sleep is a restorative activity. It promotes tissue repair and relaxation. The heart is a muscle that runs constantly, without stopping. A good night’s sleep decreases our heart rate, allowing the heart muscle to work slower than it does during the day, enhancing its longevity. This results in lowered blood pressure and a significantly lowered risk of heart disease.

Diabetes and Obesity

Not sleeping enough causes the hormonal balance in our body to get disturbed. This causes the balance between the hormones that trigger satiety (the feeling of being full) to get disturbed, resulting in overeating and weight gain. This further increases the amount of fat in our body and affects insulin production, which enhances the risk of Type-2 diabetes.

Anxiety and Mental Ability

With good sleep comes good memory management. A rested mind will remember things faster, directly resulting in better performance in every task. Sleep directly affects our mood, mental health, and stress levels by reducing anxiety. Individuals that are sleep deprived tend to be irritable, perform worse than others and are anxious throughout the day. These conditions affect their performance at the workplace and affect their social and interpersonal skills, which in turn affects social acceptance, employability, and productivity.
A good night’s sleep can help us lead healthier, better lives.

 

Using innovative methods and ground-breaking technology, Sanrai Med has changed the lives of thousands of sufferers of sleep disorders for the better. In India, Sanrai Med offers awareness and educational programs, sleep clinics and assistive devices that can help you lead a healthier, better life. With a diverse product portfolio, domain expertise, and over 50 years of experience in home patient care, Sanrai Med is your one-stop-shop for healthcare at home.

 

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