Insomnia Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack, Women More Affected Than Men

By Staff Reporter, | April 06, 2017

Insomnia affects about one out of three people, particularly common among elderly.

Insomnia affects about one out of three people, particularly common among elderly.

There has been an ongoing research supporting the theory that insomnia is somewhat a great factor for having heart attack and stroke. Could it be true that women are more affected than men?

In the recent study about Insomnia, Author Qiao revealed that inadequate sleep can lead to an abnormality in the biological recovery, and it is indeed proportion or connected with one another. Sources even told that sleep consumes almost one-third of the human's life. Moreover, this research was made as experts believed that there are a great number of people that is linked with insomnia and other sleeping disorders. In fact, a portion of multitudes that are living in Germany suffers the same.

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According to World Health, this study was made to make strong evidence with the speculations that heart attack and stroke is sometimes triggered by insomnia. It was reiterated that their allegations are not that firm and strong. However, the recent study showed the great connection of insomnia with other serious health problems. This includes heart failure, heart disease, and acute myocardial infarction.

Experts also reminded everyone to really be vigilant when it comes to insomnia's symptoms. Some include difficulty in having consistent sleep, maintaining sleep for a specific period of time, non-restorative sleep, and waking up in an early hour. There is also an ongoing observation admitting that women with insomnia are more likely to be affected of stroke and heart attack than most men. Sources told that it is somewhat true as women are more capable of enduring non-restorative sleep. However, there is still no numerical significance when it comes to the reported claim.

Although, researchers reported that they would be concentrating on women with insomnia rather than men as they are more prone to poor sleep rather than the letter. Some also thought that sex hormones, genetics and stress contribute to the said findings.

Moreover, Inquisitr reminded everyone that researchers are still not completely sure with how insomnia contributes to having heart attack or stroke. In an interview made with the researchers, they stated:

 "The underlying mechanisms for these links are not completely understood. Previous studies have shown that insomnia may change metabolism and endocrine function, increase sympathetic activation, raise blood pressure, and elevate levels of pro-inflammatory and inflammatory cytokines - all of which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke."

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