People with insomnia are 69 percent more likely to have a heart attack compared with those who don’t experience frequent sleep difficulties, according to a new study.
What is insomnia?
Insomnia, also called sleeplessness; is a disease in which the person becomes unable to sleep or rest properly.
The study finds that those who typically sleep five hours or less face the greatest likelihood of a cardiovascular crisis.
However, too much sleep is also problematic for heart according to the study which didn’t detect a significant difference in increased heart-attack risk when it compared those who slept five hours or less and those who slept nine hours or more.
Symptoms of insomnia
You have insomnia if you regularly:
• Find it hard to go to sleep
• Waking up several times during the night
• Lie awake at night
• Wake up too early and cannot go back to sleep
• Still feel tired after a night's sleep
• Find it hard to nap during the day even though you're tired
• Feel tired and irritable during the day
• Find it difficult to concentrate during the day because you're tired
Key Takeaways
• Insomnia Affects Women More Than Men
