What are the dangers of sleeping for a long time?

Many people have the habit of staying in bed, especially on weekends. Everyone feels very happy about sleeping in, especially in winter when it is difficult to get up. Many people will continue to sleep in bed unless someone wakes them up. After sleeping like this for a long time, many people will find that their energy is getting worse and worse. Lack of sleep is harmful to the body, and too much sleep is definitely bad for the body. Next, I will talk about the harm of sleeping too long.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, sleep quality will directly affect your physical health. When we sleep, it does not mean that the longer we sleep, the better health benefits we can get. Some people sleep too little on weekdays, so they make up for it by sleeping in one day on the weekends. It is okay to take appropriate supplements, but not more than one or two hours as usual. Some people force themselves to sleep when they don't want to sleep, and take a nap. This changes the rhythm, and the hormones in the body change. In the long run, it can cause psychological diseases such as ulcers, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

1. Affecting digestive function

If a young child sleeps too much and does not eat or drink for a long time, it can easily cause excessive contraction of the stomach and intestines, hunger-related peristalsis of the stomach and intestines, disrupting the secretion of gastric juice and affecting digestive function.

2. Reduced immune capacity

If young children sleep too long, it will reverse their normal biological clock and cause biological clock confusion. The human physiological structure determines that one should go to bed early and get up early. Therefore, sleeping too much every day for a long time will disrupt the physiological functions, causing the child's body resistance to weaken and immunity to decrease.

3. Susceptibility to respiratory diseases

Keeping the doors and windows of the bedroom closed for a long time will cause the air to become polluted. Even if the windows are half-open, some air will not circulate. The unclean air contains a large amount of bacteria, viruses, carbon dioxide and dust, which will affect the respiratory disease resistance of young children. Young children who are chronically sleepy usually exercise less, and coupled with the polluted air in the bedroom, they are prone to catching colds frequently, with symptoms such as headaches, fever, coughs and runny noses.

The above are the adverse effects of long-term sleep on the human body. From the above, it seems that there are quite a lot of diseases that may be caused. Everything is excessive or inadequate. Although sleep is a simple and good way to maintain health, too much or too little sleep is not good for health. However, the amount of sleep that is healthiest still needs to be determined based on your own situation.