Lack of sleep is a risk for mental and physical health

When you only sleep for 5 to 6 hours everyday, you put at risk your mental and physical health. Even when it has become a habit. Repeating a moderate deficit of sleep, like one to two hours per night, accumulates and may adversely affect the health, explains researcher Dr. Michael Grötsinger from the Deutsch Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and nervous Medicine (SGPPN) in Berlin.

Particularly affected are the heart, cardiovascular system, hormonal balance, regulation of blood sugar and the ability to respond and the immune system also changes. The concerned should not participate in traffic, operate machinery or enter the operating room. Unfortunately the concerned do not feel bad and do not recognize that they are tired, warns researcher Dr. Gryotsinger.

Other symptoms of prolonged lack of sleep...[ More ]

More: Lack of sleepSleepMental HealthIrritabilityConcentrationDepressionBad mood