Sleep disorders caused by gadgets

• April 28, 2024

When you sleep, do not you have a good rest ? If your answer is affirmative, we recommend analyzing your habits previous to the time of going to bed; Well, while cell phones, computers, televisions and video games make our lives simple, productive and fun, they can influence in a negative way in the recovery of your energies .

The National Foundation of Dream of the United States, he discovered, through a study, that the constant use of gadgets, especially minutes before sleep, can carry disorders in sleep habits.

43% of the respondents, who are in an age range ranging from 13 to 64 years, said they rarely get to sleep during the week. And 95% acknowledged that they use some kind of electronic device as a television, computer, video game or cell phone in the hour before sleep.

David Cloud , executive director of the Foundation, ensures that to pass this technology makes us seeIt's easier , there are still many things we must learn about its use and its implications in our sleep habits.

At the same time, Charles Czeisler of the Harvard Medical School , gives an explanation from a medical and physiological perspective. Ensures that exposure to artificial light that occurs between dusk and the time we go to bed suppresses the release of melatonin, the hormone that promotes sleep, reinforces a state of alert and causes changes in our heart rate, doing more difficult falling asleep.

Therefore, if you do not know why when you arrive at your school or work you are tired , somnolent and even from Bad mood , we recommend you take into account the above. Maybe it's time to change habits and think more about Your Health ; You can start leaving at least one hour between the use of your gadgets favorites and the moment you fall in the arms of Morpheus.

BBC World

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