Do you have such experience? When you suddenly stay up late, you may feel groggy, nauseous, have chest pains, and have trouble breathing. You feel like you’re dying. Can staying up late really kill you?
Fortunately, according to research, death from sleep deprivation may only occur indirectly. Nobody dies from staying up late. However, being sleep-deprived increases absolutely every other risk we face. You are more likely to die when driving if sleep-deprived than not, and the risk of a small amount of alcohol when driving is far greater if you haven’t slept or slept well. Slips trips and falls are all more likely when lacking sleep, not to mention the stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity, risk of suicide, etc.
Can Staying Up Late Really Cause Sudden Death?
These are three signs that your body has reached its limit and should never stay up too late.
One, the heart rate increases
Staying up late can cause biological clock disorder, sympathetic nervous excitement, body organs and circulating cells will appear problem, long-term stay up late can cause ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, the phenomenon such as heart rate, serious still can cause sudden cardiac death, such as cerebrovascular broken, when you are in the heart speeds up, dizziness, nausea and other disease, be sure to adjust work and rest, more sleep.
Two, physical pain
After stay up late, the phenomenon such as bosom frowsty, chest pain, shoulder pain, stomach burning pain of unknown reason appears, no matter how also cannot be alleviated, this may be the precursor of myocardial infarction caused by staying up late, do not ignore at will, grasp to the hospital for examination.
Three, red eyes
After staying up late eyes due to excessive fatigue caused by the condition of red eyes is very common, but if the eye drops, the next day is not improved, it may be the eyes have a problem, and stay up late and aggravated the condition, if not timely adjustment of work and rest, become serious will appear red blood, eye bleeding and other phenomena
Why Can’t I Sleep?
What caused you to stay up late?
A single glass of alcohol before bedtime may not interfere with your ability to fall asleep, but indulge in much more and sleep can become impaired. This is because alcohol interferes with the sleep cycle, especially the REM sleep that includes dreaming.
Anxiety
Sleep and anxiety are closely connected. If you have trouble sleeping, your anxiety might increase, and if you have high anxiety, you may have trouble sleeping. In fact, sleep disruption can co-occur with almost all mental health conditions.
Poor Sleep Habits
Sleep habits, such as staying up too late and having an irregular sleep schedule, can play a part in poor sleep. Napping later in the day can lead to trouble sleeping as well.
Sharing Your Bed
Sharing your bed, whether with a human or four-legged friend, greatly reduces sleep quality—especially if your partner snores, crowds you, hogs the covers, or otherwise makes you uncomfortable. You and your human partner might also have different preferred sleeping conditions (such as temperature, light, and noise level).
Caffeine
You know a bedtime cup of coffee is a bad idea, but did you know that the half-life of caffeine is three to five hours?10 That means only half the dose is eliminated during that time, leaving the remaining half to linger in your body. That’s why a late afternoon cup of joe can disrupt your sleep later that night.
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So stop staying up late, and starting falling asleep in a healthy and natural way.
