Too much sleep and less sleep are not beneficial for health. Doctors believe that people who sleep for 9 to 10 hours are surrounded by a variety of health problems. The sleeping nights for a long time tend to be restless because they spend more time on the bed. Due to this, depression can also be a problem. Find out how much damage our body goes through.
Sleep affects the Mind
The more direct effect of sleep is on your brain and this affects the power to one’s grey matter, learning ability, and reasoning. In many kinds of research, this has proved that if you take less than 8 hours of sleep every night, you remain active and energetic. Similarly, if you sleep for more than eight hours every night, then it means that you are getting too much sleep. Avoid doing this.
Obesity
Due to more sleep, you feel lethargic for most of the time and the energy of your body becomes transformed into fat. According to research, inactivity increases 21 per cent obesity and your obesity opens to other diseases. So, do not sleep for longer than 8 hours.
Headache
If you want to sleep peacefully, wake up in time. Yes, more late sleep affects health. Its direct effect falls on the neurotransmitters of your brain, causing you headache problems, which can then cause you other diseases.
Backache
Due to staying in bed for a long time, our body starts to feel pain. Because of this, the pain often reaches the waist, shoulders, and neck. There is fatigue in the body parts so that there is trouble in doing any work. Therefore, exercise must be practised after the necessary sleep.
Depression
The cause of more sleep is also depression and vice versa. However, doctors advise that there are many reasons for depression. Many times people suffer from depression due to loneliness and tend to become obsessive about sleep.
Heart diseases
People who take 9 to 11 hours of sleep are more likely to have heart attacks. However, there is not much information about the connection with sleeping so far, but it is related to cardiovascular diseases. So, do not sleep for long to keep the heart-healthy.
Diabetes
Those who take more sleep, are more likely to have diabetes problems. If you become a victim of sleep drunkenness, then your mind remains in the sleeping state while still awake.
Death
It has been found in many studies that those who sleep more than 9 hours, their mortality rate is higher than those of 7 hours. Therefore, you are embracing death by taking more sleep.
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We have all seen scenes in movies where a man clutches his chest and falls to the ground within seconds. What we may not have seen or thought about is that the scene can very well have a woman in it. Heart attack in women is more common than you think. But studies indicate that heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in women. In fact, women are less likely to survive a heart attack compared to men.
The risk of heart diseases to both sexes is high, but heart diseases affect men and women differently.Over one crore annual deaths are reported in India and cardiovascular diseases cause 20.3% deaths in men and 16.9 % deaths in women. Each year more women die of heart disease than men, yet heart disease and related risk factors are often overlooked in women.Â
A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to the heart is blocked. The blockage is most often a build-up of fat, cholesterol and other substances within the arteries that block the blood flow to the heart.
The common symptoms of heart attack are
Chest pain
Feeling weak, light-headed, or faint
Pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, or back
Pain or discomfort in one or both arms or shoulders
Shortness of breath
Although determining exactly when a heart attack can occur is impossible, in most cases the body does send out warning signals of an impending heart attack.
Chest pain
Chest pain is one of the most common indicators of a heart attack. The pain can be a feeling of pressure, fullness, tightness or extreme pain causing extreme discomfort. Women often do not feel extreme chest pain which is a more common symptom in men
Jaw Pain
Pain on the left side of the jaw along with other symptoms such as chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath is an indicator of heart attack
Shoulder and Neck Pain
Chest pain can also extend to the shoulder and neck. This may be mistaken as pain due to exhaustion or muscle stress.
Left Arm Pain
Sudden and unusual pain on the left arm (or sometimes both arms) starting off from the chest is indicative of heart attack.
The warning signs may start to show up days before the heart attack, but women tend to ignore the symptoms of heart attack because of the lack of knowledge about the symptoms and often dismiss these as stress and exhaustion.Â
Top heart attack symptoms in women
One month before a heart attack
During a heart attack
Unusual fatigue (71%)
Shortness of breath (58%)
Sleep disturbance (48%)
Weakness (55%)
Shortness of breath (42%)
Unusual fatigue (43%)
Indigestion (39%)
Cold sweat (39%)
Anxiety (36%)
Dizziness (39%)
Heart racing (27%)
Nausea (36%)
Arms weak/heavy (25%)
Arms weak/heavy (35%)
Source: Circulation 2003, Vol. 108, p. 2621.
How and Why Heart Attack is different for Men and Women
Blood lipids
Before menopause, the estrogen in women helps protect them from heart disease by increasing HDL (good) cholesterol and decreasing LDL (bad) cholesterol. The estrogen levels fall at menopause. Elevated triglycerides accompanied by Low HDL and high triglycerides increase the risk of heart attacks in women after menopause.
Diabetes
Studies show that diabetes increases the risk of heart disease in women more than it does in men. This is perhaps because women with diabetes more often have other added risk factors, such as obesity, hypertension, and high cholesterol. In women who’ve already had a heart attack, diabetes doubles the risk for a second heart attack and increases the risk for heart failure.
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a collection of heart disease risk factors that increase your chance of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. These conditions include increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels. Metabolic syndrome is the most important risk factor for having heart attacks in women.
Smoking
Research indicates that women who smoke are more likely to have a heart attack than male smokers. This may be because women find it more difficult to give up smoking as compared to men. Nicotine replacements and other anti-smoking options are also less effective in women because their menstrual cycles tend to affect the tobacco withdrawal symptoms.
Caring for your Heart
There are several things that you can do in order to reduce the risk of a heart attack in women or men.
Don’t smoke or be exposed regularly to other’s smoke – Active and passive smoking can increase the chances of getting a heart attack.
Lead an active lifestyle – Physical activity, at least 30 mins of moderate-intensity exercise, on most days improves your heart health.
Eat healthy – Avoid high cholesterol foods. Have a nutrient rich diet with whole grains, leafy vegetables, nuts and lean proteins.
Aim for a healthy weight – Discuss the ideal weight for you with your doctor based on your height, age and health conditions. Try to work towards maintaining the weight.
Reduce stress – Exercise, adequate sleep, relaxation techniques, and meditation are some of the practices to follow that can reduce stress.
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