Do not leave a bad dream unattended. Behind it may be diabetes or thyroid disease.
If you need more than half an hour to go to sleep, you wake up at night, rest in the end for less than 6.5 hours, and during the day you feel tired and exhausted, probably you have insomnia. To cope with it, you need to find out the causes and root them out. Moreover, some of them are dangerous and without problems with sleep.
Depression
Insomnia can be both a symptom of depression and a cause of its worsening. In this case, the symptoms of both diseases, for example, lowered energy, loss of interest, sadness, and a sense of hopelessness, can be related.
Anxiety disorder
Many adults cannot fall asleep because they are tormented by a sense of anxiety. Here are the signals that should not be ignored:
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- general stress;
- excessive anxiety about past or upcoming events;
- state of an exaggeration, overexcitation.
Anxiety can be the cause of both difficulties in falling asleep and a sharp awakening in the middle of the night. Night often causes stress and fears that make you wake up.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
This unpronounceable disease is a gastrointestinal upset and one of the possible causes of sleep problems. In those suffering from this disease, heartburn often occurs at night, and insomnia cannot be avoided at such moments.
With GERD, acid passes from the stomach back into the esophagus, which can cause inflammation. And it, in turn, contributes to the occurrence of stomach ulcers or internal bleeding. Cases are known that led to cancer.
Thyroid problems
Hypothyroidism is a thyroid disease in which it does not produce enough hormones. Hyperthyroidism is an increase in thyroid function. Both of these can be the cause of your insomnia.
Asthma
If you wake up at night to cough, the risk of insomnia increases: 37% of adult asthmatics suffer from it. Problems with lung function, overweight and poor quality of life as a consequence of the disease – all together lead to difficulties with sleep.
Diabetes
When there is too much sugar in the blood, the kidneys try to get rid of it. Then you feel the urge to go to the toilet a little more often than usual. Including at night. And here the relationship works like depression: insomnia can be both a symptom and an aggravating factor in diabetes.
Other dangerous diseases
Among them:
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- crayfish;
- heart disease
- Parkinson’s disease;
- Alzheimer’s disease.
Insomnia is a serious problem in itself. However, if you experience difficulty in falling asleep or wake up in the middle of the night, you should pay attention to the general state of mental and physical health. Do not neglect this.
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