As COVID-19 cases have soared in many countries including Indonesia, reports of sleeplessness are now emerging as one of the symptoms of COVID-19. Although most of the symptoms of COVID-19 are related to the respiratory tract, there are also patients who complain that it is difficult to get enough sleep. Moreover, the Corona virus infection also makes them tired easily.
Quoted from Times of India, a number of studies say the duration and quality of sleep can be influenced by the duration of viral infection. Studies have shown that rhinovirus can cause a patient’s sleep time to decrease by an average of 23 minutes. Sleep efficiency is also reduced by an average of 5 percent as long as the virus is still active in the body.
Meanwhile, in the case of COVID-19, a study in 2021 stated that COVID-19 patients have the potential to experience difficulty sleeping three or more times a week.
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In fact, quality sleep is the body’s natural way of healing. Quality sleep plays an important role in overcoming the risk of prolonged COVID-19 or ‘Long COVID’.
On the other hand, COVID-19 also makes patients easily tired and unable to get enough sleep. These constraints can have an effect on the patient’s physical and mental health. This is what often triggers impaired cognitive function in Long COVID patients. The effect is that the patient is vulnerable to frustration and has problems communicating.
In addition to sleep problems, other COVID-19 symptoms include fever or chills, runny nose, headache, tiredness, shortness of breath, vomiting, hair loss, dry skin, body temperature above 38 degrees C, diarrhea, skin rash, and loss of the ability to smell. smell.
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