The need for sleep equal importance to the human need to eat and breathe. Then, what happens when we lack sleep?
Sleep has an important role for the body because during sleep the body will take care of our physical and mental health. This function is important that we get the freshness when you wake up so then ready to undergo daily activities. In addition, sleep also support growth, especially in children and adolescents, because during sleep growth hormone released.
Can Happen If You Sleep Deprivation
Sleep each person needs is not the same, but for most people, eight hours of quality sleep time is needed for a range of important functions of the above can run optimally. The best thing is to know how much the body needs sleep and whenever possible insufficiency. For children and adolescents, their sleep needs half an hour to an hour above the normal range.
Sleep needs are not fulfilled can cause you to look tired when you wake up or evaporate throughout the day. Some of the following may also occur if you are experiencing sleep deprivation.
Serious illness
A total of 9 out of 10 people suffering from insomnia was also suffering from various serious diseases. Insomnia itself is the condition of a person who insomnia or difficulty sleeping soundly.
Risk of serious illness suffered by patients with insomnia are heart disease, either a heart attack or heart failure. Know that sleep plays an important role for someone in the body’s ability to heal and repair the heart and blood vessels. That is why someone who sleep less tend to be prone to suffer from cardiovascular disease related serious.
Patients may also suffer from insomnia rhythm abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), diabetes, stroke, or high blood pressure.
Easily hurt and hard to heal
The body’s immune system produces proteins called cytokines. Cytokines are needed to help the body facing infection, inflammation and stress. When we are sleeping, the body of the release of cytokines. If we lack sleep, the production of these cytokines will also be reduced.