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Insomnia is no longer called just sleep disturbance per se, but was ordained as a serious disease. In men with insomnia, a higher risk of death could be quadrupled.

Insomnia can be defined as a condition someone is having trouble sleeping or can not sleep well every night. Causes of insomnia include a sense of distress experienced by traumatic experiences, serious illness, emotional and physical problems, as well as environmental factors such as temperature, light and noise can also cause sleep disturbance.

Insomnia is generally only lasts for some time and is divided into various classifications according to how long this condition experienced by a person. Broadly speaking, insomnia is divided into acute insomnia (acute insomnia) and chronic insomnia (chronic insomnia). Acute insomnia lasts for a short time, between one night to several weeks.

As for chronic insomnia is when a person is experiencing for at least three nights a week and lasted for one month or more. In most people, insomnia is actually not directly cause death. However, lack of sleep can trigger serious health problems that increase the risk of death.

Recent research over 14 years found that men who suffer from insomnia have a mortality risk four times higher than normal sleep habits for at least six hours a day. In fact, the risk will grow that more more than seven-fold for patients with insomnia with diabetes or high blood pressure. “Insomnia is a serious disease,” said researcher Alexandros N Vgontzas, MD and colleagues from Penn State University, USA. “We found that the insomnia associated with physical problems. This new finding makes insomnia are classified to health problems, together with snoring or sleep apnea, “he continued

In laboratory tests, Vgontzas mention, the increased risk of death seen in a person who claimed to suffer from insomnia, sleeping less than six hours a day. Meanwhile, people who claim not to have insomnia, but lack of sleep does not have an increased risk of death significantly. Also no increase in risk in patients with insomnia myself sleep more than six hours a day.

This study was only involved male participants. What about its effect on women? The result is waiting for publication. The researchers began to study the risk of insomnia in women after they completed a five-year study in men. Because women tend to live longer than men, hence the outcome of these studies have not included.

However, in previous reports, the team Vgontzas mention that both women and men with insomnia will develop high blood pressure, diabetes risk, and have neurocognitive problems such as memory loss, poor concentration and slowed reactions than people who sleep normal hours.

“This is a very important study,” said the expert in sleep problems, Lisa Shives, MD, who served as medical director at Northshore Sleep Medicine in Evanston, Ill., USA. He also became a spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which was not involved in this Vgontzas study. Shives revealed, people with insomnia tend to experience the sympathetic nervous system (flight or fight system) that automatically makes all the organs associated with the impact of stress-tightened.

“We should get seven or eight hours every night to sleep with the body in a state of silence,” he said. “We heart rate, blood pressure will be lower, our sympathetic nervous system also decreased tension. But, mind someone who can not afford to get it all, which is under pressure cardiovascular stress, this is what we call with insomnia, “said Shives.

Vgontzas and his study colleagues conducted a study on 1741 men and women randomly selected. All participants must stay overnight in the laboratory. When they measured the actual sleep time. Researchers found the fact that not everyone who claims insomniacs actually sleep less than they should and also that not all people who sleep less are insomniacs.

However, the main tmuan this study were patients with insomnia sleep problems in the lab will significantly increase the risk of illness and death. “Insomnia for years only regarded as a nuisance, as a small problem easily remedied,” says Vgontzas. “However, this study indicates that insomnia is a real health problems and serious,” he said.
Shives strongly agree with the statement Vgontzas.

He revealed that some insomniacs actually sleep better when in a lab, or in a hotel, rather than in their own homes. People who sleep in the laboratory performing, Shives said they might enter into very high-risk subgroups (disease and death).

Shives and Vgontzas also agree with other things that is very difficult to treat insomnia. This contrasts with the general opinion that ang treatment currently available for patients with insomnia is very limited. “We really need to improve more effort to find new treatments,” he said.

“I know every company advertises the sleeping pill medication, but this drug effect in the short term. In fact, insomnia lasts for a long time.
Our patient frustration with us, and we are frustrated with the lack of success, “says Vgontzas. “The negative side about this is that we do not understand the problem better and to treat insomnia (patients) with a very bad,” said Shives. “Pills are not going to get people to sleep seven or eight hours a day.

At most, they only get six hours. Most patients feel even worse when taking a pill. Then, many people with insomnia who consider the pill as a miracle, to the extent not feel has been eating them for a year and they do not work anymore, “he said.

Shives said people with insomnia suffer from significant physical illness. However, for patients who did not get the help of medication, he often recommends cognitive behavioral therapy (cognitive behavioral therapy / CBT) with the help of a qualified psychologist. “More than two-to four-year, CBT was more effective than drugs,” he said.

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