Lack of Sleep Make Tinnitus Worsen

A recent research indicates, poor sleep quality can aggravate the condition of tinnitus sufferers. Tinnitus is phenomenon where the ear or head feels like ringing, swishing or buzzing. In the research, researchers in United States involved nearly 117 tinnitus patients who were undergoing treatment at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit between 2009 and 2011. It turns out that the more severe their symptoms of insomnia, the greater the symptoms of tinnitus complaints and worsening emotional distress.

"Tinnitus involves mental, emotional and physiological, which may increase patient suffering," said Dr. Kathleen Yaremchuk, one of the researchers who led department of otolaryngology at Henry Ford Hospital. "Complaints of sleep, including insomnia, tinnitus patients can result in decreased tolerance for their disease," he added.

Lack of Sleep can make you Fat

Lack of sleep can have negative effects on health. There are known facts about the effects from lethargy, lack of enthusiasm, until concentration decreased. According to research from Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, United States, lack of sleep can give effect to an increase in appetite that can cause weight gain.

"Many people have an idea if they work hard until late at night, they burn more energy. But we found no change in how much energy to move when the lack of sleep, " said by Dr. Andrew Calvin, author of the study and assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic.

Researchers try to observe the behavior of the volunteers for a week when they stay at home. Those who aged 18-40 years are observed about their sleeping and eating habits.

Sleeping position that cause Body Pain

Sometimes you feel your body hurt when you wake up. This is most likely because of wrong sleeping position. What are the cause of this body pain? The wrong sleeping position can affect the entire body, causing pain and damage in the long run. Besides poor sleeping position can also aggravate existing conditions such as shoulder injuries and osteoarthritis. This is because the wrong alignment of the spine that affect muscles, joints, organs and nerves, so it can cause back pain and pain in the neck and other body parts.

The Cleveland Clinic and National Sleep Foundation give the reason why the body feel hurt when wake up :

Elderly Sleep Quality Better Than Young People

So far, most people believe that elderly sleep time was shorter than younger people. But according to researchers from the United States, elderly tend to sleep longer. It has been proved through a survey conducted on thousands of people.

A study has been conducted through a telephone survey method, which involves more than 150,000 adults. The survey participants stated that, apart from age of 40 years old, sleep quality will be better with age. The survey participants with an age of about 80-years reported getting very quality sleep compared to younger participants. The results of these studies have been published in the Sleep journal.