Lack of sleep increased heart disease

Xinqiao hospital, third military medical university, associate professor of cardiovascular medicine GengZhaoHua

Source: health

        With the quickening rhythm of modern life, social competition pressure makes 27% of the world's people suffer from varying degrees of sleep disorders. For office workers, sleep time is occupied by a job frequently, especially the nap are more likely to be ignored. In fact, a nap can reduce stress, heart-healthy, which may reduce the risk of heart disease.

        Human long-term lack of sleep or is in nervous condition, can make the nerve, endocrine regulation of stress system is activated, and gradually failure and adjustment disorder, has significantly lower immune function, so as to cause serious adverse effects on health, especially heart disease has close relationship with sleep quality. Lack of sleep easy to induce heart disease, and even lead to heart failure, because it can lower blood oxygen levels, causing blood pressure shot up, and both will cause great influence to heart disease. Sleep disorders for a long time, at the same time can also lead to weight gain, diabetes, even and these two factors will increase the risk of heart disease.

        Work more than 60 hours a week, according to a survey of people risk of developing heart disease than those under work 40 hours a week to twice, even if only two nights in a week on average less than 5 hours of sleep, the risk of heart disease is 2 ~ 3 times higher than normal. In particular, often nap professional men had a 64% lower incidence of heart disease than those don't have a nap. Therefore, it is recommended that workers siesta at least three times a week, every time about half an hour, let the heart have a buffer time to rest, can reduce the risk of myocardial infarction (ami).

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