Saturday, November 19, 2011

Dangers of excessive sleeping

Trouble sleeping or insomnia is not good for health. But if you oversleep, or call oversleeping (also known as hypersomnia) was also not good for our bodies. Well, what are the causes of a person exposed to oversleeping or hypersomnia?


1. Sleep apnea, type of sleep disorder in which people stop breathing for a moment when sleep and can lead to increased need for sleep as it makes the normal sleep cycle is disturbed. The patient will feel tired and weak even after sleeping for 10 hours. Respiratory problems began to occur because the walls of the throat tend to stop the move, while the individual is under relaxing conditions (sleep). As a result, the air flow inside the body and instantly stops the individual wake up to breathe.

2. Narcolepsy, neurological problems that cause oversleeping. Narcolepsy affects parts of the brain that controls and regulates sleep. Patients (narcolepsy) failed to identify and distinguish the sleep time to time to stay awake. Sufferers can fall asleep anywhere and anytime.

3. Stress and depression. These two things must be avoided because it can cause many mental health disorders, mental as well, not least oversleeping.

4. Fatigue. Fatigue caused by working too hard, sleep disorders, pregnancy, or lack of sleep is one of the main causes of oversleeping. When feeling tired, you tend to decide to sleep longer, even more than nine hours, to try to get fresh again.

So, what are the implications for health?

1. Diabetes. Research shows people who slept more than nine hours each night 50 percent greater risk of developing diabetes than those who slept seven hours per night. The study also found, oversleeping can indicate a medical disorder that increases the likelihood of the effect of diabetes.

2. Obesity. Research shows that those who slept for 90-10 hours each night and 21 percent more likely to be obese than those who only sleep for 7-8 hours.

3. Heart disease. A study showed that women who slept for 9-11 hours each night and 38 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease.

4. Headache. The researchers believe, could be an effect headache from oversleeping. Those who sleep too long during the day often experience problems when you go to sleep at night, causing the onset of headache the next day.

5. Back pain. When you lay in bed for hours, often times there is pain in his back. People who suffer from back pain or back pain were susceptible to the doctor ordered to keep active, do not often lie or lie down.

6. This caused the most severe: Death! Several studies have found that people who sleep nine hours or more each night have a higher death rate than those who slept seven to eight hours per night. The researchers speculate, depression and low socioeconomic status (also associated with longer sleep) may be associated with increased mortality (death).

So, how to cope with oversleeping? Check out tips:

1. Select the alarm tone or sound right. Choosing the right sound is important to bring you back to reality, even from the deepest sleep.

2. Do not be tempted to light sleep or snooze after waking. Avoid the use of the snooze button on the alarm because it will just mess up your sleep schedule alarms.

3. Maintain a regular sleep schedule. Make a habit that makes your body regularly to rest and re ready to move on the next day. Plan program activities until late only when you are without a deadline the next day.

4. Consult with your doctor. See your doctor if you have symptoms of chronic oversleeping. It's important to know the disorder or disease that causes you to experience oversleeping.

However, all the above tips will not work if you stick with only one cause, namely: Lazy!

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