What are the dangers of long-term insomnia?

Insomnia is very common in clinical practice. It affects people's sleep quality and indirectly affects people's lives. There are many dangers of long-term insomnia. In addition to affecting people's physical health, insomnia also causes certain harm to people's mental health and may even cause depression.

1. Cause amnesia

Long-term insomnia will cause the body's memory to degenerate. Patients often show symptoms of being forgetful and forgetful, and in severe cases, it may develop into Alzheimer's disease. Although it cannot be said that frequent insomnia will directly induce Alzheimer's disease, it can at least be one of the factors that induce Alzheimer's disease.

2. Causes habitual hair loss

Modern medicine shows that the length of sleep time has a significant relationship with hair loss, and hair loss is also closely related to sleep quality. Therefore, frequent insomnia can easily lead to hair loss.

3. Depression

There is a close connection between insomnia and depression. Many patients with depression experience insomnia, and long-term insomnia may also cause depression. Long-term insomnia will cause individuals to become nervous and irritable, anxious and irritable, miserable and depressed, pessimistic and world-weary, and have a reduced sense of subjective well-being.

4. Cause sleep apnea syndrome

Sleep apnea syndrome is a manifestation of sleep disorder and is closely related to frequent insomnia.

5. Inducing diseases

Long-term insomnia will lead to autonomic nervous system dysfunction, decreased human immunity, accelerated aging and shortened life span. Long-term insomnia in teenagers can affect their physical development, and long-term insomnia in middle-aged and elderly people can lead to an increased incidence of high blood pressure, high blood lipids, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and other diseases.

6. Impact on life

Long-term insomnia will lead to inattention, memory loss, decreased thinking ability, decreased quality of life, decreased work and study efficiency, etc.