Chronic Insomnia: Causes, Treatment And Prevention
Chronic insomnia is a disorder characterized by the inability to fall asleep, maintain it, or achieve a good night’s sleep. It is estimated that this health problem affects about 15% of the world population, being more prevalent among older people.
The associated effects are very limiting and affect the quality of life. While it is true that we can all have suffered occasional insomnia due to stress, anxiety, worries or as a result of some disease, the real problem lies when this reality becomes chronic.
Hernando Pérez Díaz, coordinator of the Sleep Group of the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN) points out something interesting in this regard. Since we are an increasingly aging society, sleep disorders are going to be more and more frequent. However, not all patients can be treated equally. We analyze it below.
Why does chronic insomnia appear?
Sherlock Holmes said in one of those adventures created by Arthur Conan Doyle that sleeping is the solution to all problems. Reason was not lacking, because getting a good night’s rest relieves exhaustion and, in turn, clears the mind and allows us to see things more clearly.
Sleeping poorly and suffering from a sleep disorder completely alters physical and psychological well-being. Thus, something we must know first is that chronic insomnia always has a cause behind it.
Most of the time it responds to some disease or some factor related to lifestyle. Studies, such as those carried out at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore (India) show us this. Patients with chronic insomnia have a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders.
These people are also at greater risk of suffering traffic or work accidents, due to attention and concentration problems. It is therefore imperative that we ask for expert help.
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