Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Many studies say that lack of sleep can cause health problems and headaches.
Quoting from Medical News Today, Tuesday (31/8/2021), various studies have linked lack of sleep with various types of headaches. Quality sleep can prevent and treat headaches.
When a person sleeps, his body can repair itself. Without this rest, a person can experience health problems, including headaches.
Can lack of sleep cause headaches?
Lack of sleep can cause headaches in the short term, but will not cause chronic headaches. Research has found that lack of sleep can increase the protein in the body that contributes to chronic pain. This protein can trigger migraine headaches.
Sleep with rapid eye movement (REM/eyes move), it can make a person’s breathing become faster and more regular.
Sleep cycles and headaches
2017 research found that sleep problems can trigger tension headaches and migraine episodes and that headaches can in turn lead to sleep disturbances.
The study also linked the relationship between headaches, sleep disturbances, and depression, suggesting that depression lowers a person’s pain threshold.
Lack of sleep can reduce the body’s ability to withstand pain. Research has found that people with insomnia and other sleep problems may have a lower pain threshold than those who don’t have trouble sleeping.
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