{"id":16945,"date":"2021-03-19T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neurologiaclinica.es\/world-sleep-day-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:32:45","slug":"world-sleep-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neurologiaclinica.es\/en\/world-sleep-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Sleep Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the occasion of World Sleep Day, Dr. Laura Lillo, a specialist in Sleep Medicine and one of the heads of the Sleep Medicine Program<\/a> of the Neurology Department of the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid, wanted to share this collaboration in our Blog. <\/p>\n\n

World Sleep Day<\/h3>\n\n

The need for sleep is an individual characteristic. On average, an adult needs to sleep between 7-8 hours\/night, but there are people who need more hours, and others who feel rested with less sleep. Therefore, there is no general rule, everyone needs as much sleep as necessary to feel rested the next day. <\/p>\n\n

Today’s society, which has come to be known as 24\/7, i.e., 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, favors continuous stimulation and minimizes the need for rest and sleep. The permanent availability of activities and entertainment favors the prolongation of wakefulness, which is why sleep deprivation is becoming more and more frequent. We speak of sleep deprivation when a person sleeps less than he or she needs. This practice has important consequences for health. <\/p>\n\n

After a night of sleep deprivation, we will begin to experience drowsiness, which will reduce our attention, increase our reaction time and the commission of errors, increasing the risk of occupational, domestic and traffic accidents. Sleep deprivation selectively affects the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for memory. As a result, learning capacity and long-term memory will be reduced. Our mood and behavior will also be affected by lack of sleep, studies show an increase in irritability and impulsivity. Even our appetite will be modified, showing a greater desire to consume high-calorie foods. <\/p>\n\n

If sleep deprivation is maintained over the long term, the deterioration of cognitive performance accumulates, although the level of sleepiness is reduced, so that individuals are unaware of their cognitive deficits. Given the importance of sleep in endocrine and metabolic control, chronic sleep deprivation produces a cascade of endocrine alterations, favoring the development of hypertension and insulin resistance (the preliminary step to diabetes mellitus). It also alters the secretion of the hormones that regulate appetite and satiety, increasing ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, and reducing leptin, which induces the sensation of satiety, so that the reduction in the hours of sleep is related to an increase in weight. All these changes have been shown to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. During sleep, the immune response is also regulated; in this sense, studies on sleep-deprived subjects have shown a reduction in the immune response to infections or vaccinations. <\/p>\n\n

Therefore, long-term studies have shown that chronic sleep reduction, below 6h\/night, increases the risk of all-cause mortality.<\/p>\n\n

Therefore, the best way to protect our cognitive, mood\/behavioral, cardiovascular, metabolic, and immune systems is adequate sleep in terms of duration and quality.<\/p>\n\n

Given the relevance of sleep disorders, both in the short and long term, any symptom that disturbs our sleep, it is best to seek assessment by a sleep specialist. With proper diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, we will promote health in both the short and long term. <\/p>\n\n

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AUTHOR: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Laura Lillo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep Medicine Program<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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