{"id":813,"date":"2019-07-26T16:01:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/sleeps-effect-on-physical-and-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T18:34:53","slug":"sleeps-effect-on-physical-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/sleeps-effect-on-physical-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep\u2019s Effect on Physical and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"module standard-content  light-background\" style=\"\"><div class=\"wrapper wrapper--none\">\n      <animate-on-scroll animation=\"\">\n      <div class=\"editor-content\"><p>Experts have long advocated for 7-8 hours of sleep a night, but in today&#8217;s fast-paced world, hitting that benchmark often proves difficult. Paoli residents who fail to get consistent, quality sleep often pay the price when it comes to their physical and mental health.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Too Few Zzz&#8217;s Can Cause Problems<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/person-sleeping-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29409\" title=\"person-sleeping-200x300\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Busy work schedules and too many distractions have led to a rise in sleep disorders in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. Unfortunately, many people fail to recognize the warning signs &#8211; a list that includes waking up tired (and battling fatigue during the day), frequent trips to the bathroom overnight and needing a daily nap for an afternoon pick-me-up. And these are only the obvious signs; not getting enough sleep leads to a higher risk of serious health complications such as anxiety, <a title=\"depression | mayoclinic.org\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/depression\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20356007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">depression<\/a>, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and stroke. In addition, you&#8217;ll have an increased risk of experiencing the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accidents and injuries.&nbsp;<\/strong>You need sleep for good reflexes; not getting enough will lead to slower reaction times, increasing the likelihood that you&#8217;ll be involved in an automobile accident or job-related injury. Sleep deprivation played a major role in some of the most notorious global catastrophes, including the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Exxon Valdez oil spill and Chernobyl nuclear meltdown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduced mental alertness.&nbsp;<\/strong>When you don&#8217;t get enough sleep, attention, alertness, concentration, reasoning, and problem-solving abilities all suffer. You&#8217;re likely to experience <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/symptom\/memory-impairment\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"memory impairment | healthline.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memory impairment<\/a> and poor academic performance, as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low sex drive.\u00a0<\/strong>The decrease in energy levels associated with sleeplessness can affect your sex drive. Both men and women experience lowered libidos when they don&#8217;t get enough sleep. Additionally, men who suffer from a sleep disorder called <a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/ent\/sleep-apnea\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"233\">sleep apnea<\/a> have lower testosterone levels, which contribute to the problem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skin problems.&nbsp;<\/strong>We&#8217;ve all experienced puffiness around the eyes following a night of poor sleep. When the problem is chronic, it can lead to sallow skin, wrinkles and dark circles under the eyes &#8211; a byproduct of cortisol, a stress hormone that damages collagen in the skin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight gain.&nbsp;<\/strong>Sleep signals an appetite-suppressing compound in the body that you have had enough to eat, while a lack of sleep does the opposite &#8211; it stimulates hunger. Your risk of obesity is 30 percent higher if you get consistently poor sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Symptoms such as these are rarely attributed to a lack of sleep; people in Paoli tend to attribute them to the stresses of everyday life instead or consider them an inevitable part of aging. Ignoring the problem can have deadly consequences: one British research study showed that individuals who reduced their nightly sleep from seven hours to five had almost double the risk of death from all causes; heart disease rates, in particular, were much higher.<\/p>\n<p>Your Paoli ear, nose and throat specialist will diagnose a sleep disorder by ordering a sleep test. These are typically performed in a laboratory setting or, more commonly nowadays, at home. The results will help your doctor figure out the cause of your restless nights and come up with a treatment plan designed to help you sleep better.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sleeping well, we urge you to contact your Paoli ENT for an appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/animate-on-scroll>\n  <\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sleep\u2019s Effect on Physical and Mental Health - Pinnacle ENT Associates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Good sleep is essential for both your physical and mental health. 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