Heart And Kidney Disease Linked To Chronic Sleep Disruption!

Chronic sleep disruption can cause heart and kidney disease, researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of the Toronto General Hospital have discovered. “Disrupted circadian rhythms have a devastating effect on the heart, kidney and possibly other organs,” says Dr. Michael Sole, Cardiologist and founding director of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto.

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Getting a good night sleep improves your mood and alertness level. If you have sleepless nights from many days, you are chronically sleep deprived. Chronic sleep disruption can result in heart and kidney diseases apart from other health problems.

Sleep deprivation activates sympathetic nervous system, resulting in constriction of blood vessels. Therefore, it raises your blood pressure. Chronic sleep deprivation also affects blood sugar regulation.

More insulin is necessary for keeping blood sugar normal if you are sleep deprived. Poor blood sugar regulation and increased levels of insulin are main contributors of cardiovascular disease.

When you are sleep deprived, kidney tubules can sustain significant scarring, leading to kidney disease. Sleep deprivation can also cause other problems like high blood pressure, diabetes and depression.

Maintain healthy sleep habits to overcome sleep deprivation:

It is possible to get good sleep. You should keep consistent sleep schedule regularly, even on weekends. If you stay up late in the nights and sleep more in weekends, your internal circadian clock can be disturbed, leading to sleep problems.

Maintain good sleep environment such as keeping your room cool and dark, good comfortable mattress, and noise free environment.

You should not keep television or computer in your bedroom. Minimize the use of computer and television three to four hours before going to bed.

Even after following healthy sleep habits, if your sleep deprivation continues, then you may be suffering from sleep disorder. If you have daytime sleepiness with night time snoring, then you are suffering with sleep apnea. If you have apnea, you stop breathing hundreds of times during night.

If have tingling, crawling and achy feeling in the legs while you are trying to fall asleep, then you may be having restless leg syndrome or periodic limb movement disorder.

If you notice any of the symptoms, you should discuss your problem with your physician. Your physician conducts a sleep study performed in sleep laboratory and analyzes to determine your sleep disorder.

Your physician can help to provide healthy sleep tips to prevent your sleep deprivation.