In daily life, when you mention insomnia, you will subconsciously think that insomnia means not being able to sleep, but in the medical definition, the definition of insomnia is not just as simple as not being able to sleep.
Today, I will take you to learn more about What is insomnia .
The first thing to mention is sleep disorder , which is a general term for various functional disorders manifested during sleep- awakening. includes disorders in the quantity, quality, time or rhythm of sleep.
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder , which refers to a subjective experience of the individual's lack of satisfaction with sleep time and quality and affecting day society functions.
Insomnia is also different from being unable to sleep. It covers many aspects, including difficulty falling asleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, early wake up, decreased sleep quality, reduced total sleep time, no sense of recovery after waking up, and daytime dysfunction.
If the sleep wake cycle changes due to "inverse jet lag" and other reasons, it will be difficult to fall asleep during the regular work and rest period, resulting in advance or delayed sleep, but the total sleep time is no less than 6 hours, which is "bio-rhythmic disordered sleep disorder" and is not an insomnia.
So what impact will insomnia have on our cardiovascular system?
Insomnia leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including autonomic nervous system dysfunction, increased inflammatory factors, reduced insulin sensitivity, disordered aldosterone secretion rhythm, etc.
1 Studies have found that the incidence of in people with sleep time is less than 5 hours, and the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease is 1.24 times that of in the control group, and the incidence of myocardial infarction is 1.42 times that of in the control group.
Another study found that People with poor sleep quality have a much higher risk of cardiovascular disease than people with high sleep quality.
So, maintaining good sleep can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. If you have any related questions, please seek medical treatment in time! The four internal medicine departments will protect you!
