Mental illness, memory loss, itching, respiratory problems, and premenstrual syndrome cause hormonal changes, disrupt breathing, and reduce sleep quality.
Insomnia is caused by many reasons such as drinking coffee at noon or afternoon, life events such as losing a loved one or losing a job, using the phone before bed… This condition also occurs due to health problems. other silently.
Mental illness: People with depression, anxiety disorders, and bipolar disorders are more likely to have sleep problems and toss and turn throughout the night. These mental illnesses cause hormonal changes, especially the hormones corticosteroid and serotonin. The change affects the sleep cycle, making it difficult for the patient to stay asleep until morning.
Parkinson’s disease: People with this condition tend to sleep less and wake up more often than other people of the same age. Because Parkinson’s disease affects the brain and nerve signals. Patients may experience sleep apnea and have to wake up to urinate, interrupting the important REM sleep period. Symptoms of Parkinson’s can occur such as anxiety and restlessness, which also affect sleep.
Respiratory problems: Loud snoring or snoring due to sleep apnea syndrome interrupts breathing, waking the patient many times during the night. Other respiratory problems such as cough, nasal congestion, sinusitis, nasal allergies, and asthma also affect breathing, causing insomnia.
Patients are tested for sleep apnea. Image: Tam Anh General Hospital
Pain: Arthritis, chronic back pain, fibromyalgia or cancer pain can all prevent the patient from falling asleep or wake up easily in the middle of the night. On the contrary, sleep disruption makes the condition more complicated and aggravates pain. These two conditions interact with each other, causing the patient to fall into a vicious circle.
Itchy: Eczema and psoriasis affect the skin causing intense itching. Itching can appear suddenly and cause awakening. People with skin problems should see a doctor or learn about measures to soothe the skin to avoid the disease from progressing and negatively affecting sleep.
Premenstrual syndrome: Women with premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual disorder often suffer from insomnia due to hormonal changes that affect body temperature and the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Hormone imbalance makes the body more sensitive and easily stressed, thereby affecting sleep.