Sleeping danger Too Old : Sleep is a major
human needs . Therefore , life is not just a case of eating healthy nutritious
foods and exercising regularly . You also need to balance activity with enough
Although sleep is seen as an easy thing , but
not a few people who actually disturbed sleep or too much sleep . In fact ,
according to Wayne H. Giles , MD , MS . , From the National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , " Enough sleep is a necessity
because it is one of the characteristics of a healthy body . "
According to research the cause of a person's sleep too long is :
Depression .
Hypersomnia or condition in which a person is very sleepy during the day .
Disorders such as sleep
apnea or sudden stops breathing during sleep that disrupts daily sleep cycle .
According to the CDC ( Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention ) United States , the need for sleep can be
differentiated by age as follows:
Newborns : 16-18 hours .
Children : 10-12 hours .
Teens : 9-10 hours .
Adults: 7-8 hours .
However , the duration of sleep in the above can
be changed if , for example , someone much alcohol or sedatives , are stressed
or sick so that the amount of sleep time spent tend more .
However , when the body condition is fine ,
sleep more than 7-9 hours fall into the category of excess sleep . This will
bring the following risks :
Increased risk of developing diabetes .
Increased risk of
obesity within the next 6 years even though he regularly exercise and eat
healthy food .
Having headaches due to a disturbance in serotonin
in the brain that make a headache , especially if sleep until noon .
Back pain due to sleeping in the same position
for too long .
Exacerbate depression because of this mental
disorder requiring treatment in the form of a regular bedtime with healthy
bedtime . Conversely , too much sleep will worsen depression .
Women who sleep for 9-11 hours a night are more at risk of heart disease .
The
high risk of premature death than those who slept for 7-8 hours per day .
If you are having problems oversleep , you have
to make lifestyle changes , such as reducing the consumption of things that
make bedtime becomes unmanageable to find out the presence of a medical
condition .
Other tips are arranged into regular hours of
sleep every night and wake up in the morning at the same hour each day . Avoid
too much caffeine consumption offset regular exercise and create an atmosphere
of comfortable sleep. ( PA )
Judging by dr . Putri Diamond Primasari