Complications caused by insomnia

Nowadays, more and more people suffer from insomnia, some due to excessive stress and some due to physical illness. Excessive insomnia can cause great harm to the body and affect people's lives, so it is imperative to learn more about how to treat insomnia and not just rely on medication to solve it. Let’s first understand the complications caused by insomnia.

1. Susceptible to depression and insomnia

It is easy to cause depression, I believe everyone is familiar with it. This is because the patient's spirit is greatly harmed, and insomnia may also appear as a precursor to depression.

2. Bleeding symptoms

The liver has the function of storing blood and regulating blood. Sleeping too late will cause liver blood deficiency, and may also cause bleeding symptoms such as vomiting blood, nosebleeds, subcutaneous bleeding, and bleeding gums.

3. Impact on IQ

Good sleep can help improve thinking and reaction abilities. If you often suffer from insomnia, your attention span will decrease, and you will not be able to concentrate on doing things well. Your problem-solving ability will also decrease, and your work and learning efficiency will become very low.

4. Gallstones

The human body's bile needs to be replaced at night. If you do not sleep at this time, it will be detrimental to the replacement of the body's bile. Over time, the bile will become thicker, thus forming gallstones. Is long-term insomnia harmful to the body?

5. Tumor diseases

Long-term insomnia leads to a decline in the body’s immune function, which increases the probability of people developing cancer. Therefore, patients will suffer from insomnia one or two years before the onset of cancer.

6. Liver fire burns the lungs

Often staying up late beyond 12 o'clock will disrupt the balance of yin and yang in the human body, causing excessive liver fire, leading to virtual fire burning the lungs, and then coughing, and even causing various skin diseases such as psoriasis.

7. Affects the skin

Many women suffer from problems such as frequent dreams, easy awakening, early awakening, and difficulty falling asleep all year round due to long-term psychological pressure, mental stress, living habits, physiological characteristics, etc. Long-term insomnia causes many women to have dull complexions, dark and dry skin, and increased spots and wrinkles.

8. Cardiovascular system diseases

Staying up late and lack of sleep can cause liver blood deficiency. Since the heart is the engine of the human body, impaired liver's function of storing and regulating blood will cause insufficient blood supply to the heart, thereby causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure.