The main causes of sleep disorders

There are many factors that can cause sleep problems.

We all know how important it is to sleep well and yet many of us have often lost sleep. Sometimes premeditated and sometimes simply involuntary. Sleep disorders are, nowadays, one of the most common sleep disorders in the world.sleep disorders are one of the most common sleep disorders, with a considerable increase in the population.

Forty percent of the Spanish population suffers from one of these disorders and 10% suffer from a chronic condition. There are one hundred types of sleep disorders registered by the World Health Organization (WHO). These include insomnia (reduced ability to sleep), hypersomnia (excessively prolonged and deep sleep), parasomnias (behavioral disorder during sleep with brief episodes of awakening), sleepwalking (automatic motor activities while remaining unconscious), sleep paralysis (transient inability to perform any type of voluntary movement during the transition period between the sleep-wake state), etc.

What are sleep disorders?

Sleep disorders, as the name suggests, are significant sleep problems. They can be disturbances in falling asleep and staying asleep, problems staying awake and sleep disruptions, so that a normal sleep rhythm is not allowed.

What are the causes of sleep disorders?

There is a close relationship between sleep disorders and quality of life, physical and psychiatric health. Some of these sleep disorders are caused by cardiovascular, hormonal, metabolic, neurological, neurological and pain-causing diseases. and those that cause pain. In addition, there are those caused by psychiatric diseases such as anxiety and depression. Pregnancy and menopause can also cause sleep problems, such as insomnia, a disorder that, as mentioned above, reduces the ability to sleep.

Among other causes that make adequate sleep impossible are medication abuse, bad sleep habits, excessive work and use of electronic devices before going to sleep. However, genetic predispositions always play a significant role.

1. Medication abuse

There are drugs that affect sleep, such as beta-blockers (used to treat hypertension and arrhythmias), by inhibiting the nocturnal secretion of the hormone melatonin responsible for sleep regulation and the circadian clock, causing nightmares and nocturnal awakenings. Corticosteroids (used to treat inflammation of Blood vessels and muscles, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, allergic reactions...) deplete the adrenal glands, thus keeping the body awake and keeping the body awake. thus keeping the body awake and the mind stimulated.In addition to SSRI antidepressants, alpha-blockers, statins...

2. Poor sleep habits

Having a good sleep hygiene is essential to lead a healthy and productive life, so we must learn to have a good sleep habit. We must avoid going to bed too late and not sleeping enough time to recover the spent energies. The consequences of not having a good sleep habit are fatigue and tiredness, in some cases triggering a state of worry at the time of wanting to sleep that makes it impossible to fall asleep.

3. Excessive work and new technologies

One of the causes that appears more and more frequently in our lives is the excess of work, which causes more stress, affecting the quality of sleep and causing more difficulties to be able to fall asleep. Not only excessive work deprives us of quality sleep but also the excessive use of new technologies (such as cell phones, Tablets, televisions and computers) excite our nervous system so much during the day that can even disarrange our internal clock and alter the hormones and alter the hormones that help us fall asleep.

Author: Natalia Matusiak