Sleeping or little favor the appearance of diabetes and obesity, as explained today by family doctor Jesús Pujol, who has taught in Barcelona a course to other doctors to instruct them in their abilities to treat the problems of insomnia.
The course has been organized by the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine (CAMPIC) with the objective of "giving doctors to tools about the most relevant aspects related to sleep disorders, to make a rapid diagnosis and be able to treat them," according toCamfic, which recalled that 48 % of the population suffers from sleep disorders.
In fact, the most frequent sleep disorder is insomnia, which chronicly affects 10 % of the population and transiently to 40 %.
According to Pujol, "it is clear that not sleeping well and not resting causes health problems. In fact, sleeping is an imperative need for our body, since vital processes such as the repair of metabolism and the consolidation of memory are produced during sleep"
After highlighting that current habits entail that, among other things, 45 % of adolescents do not sleep the 8 hours recommended, Pujol has affirmed that "if you do not sleep decreases glucose tolerance, which brings us closer to diabetes, andWe also have more numbers of suffering. "
But lack of sleep also entails other health problems and, for example, "we know that not sleep is also associated with suffering headache," according to the family doctor.
In the course, the optional has also explained that the problem of not sleeping can also be caused by other pathologies that directly affect our dream.
One of the most frequent is the syndrome of the restless legs, which has a prevalence of between 5 and 10 % of the population and that hinders the dream to those who suffer from it.
Another of the diseases that affect the night rest is the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (SAOS), which suffers 4 % of the population and that is very dangerous, since the person who suffers it stops breathing for a few seconds.
To favor the knowledge of all these associated pathologies related to sleep disorder to be able to diagnose is the objective of the patient's clinical exploration course that does not sleep well that Jesús Pujol has taught.
"The family doctor is the most appropriate professional to be able to make a diagnostic approach to sleep disorders, since their ethiopathogenesis is diverse and to make an adequate approach, knowledge of psychiatry, pneumology and neurology is necessary, which has a doctor fromPrimary Care, "said the doctor.
"From our consultation it is easy to know the quality of the dream of the people we attend. Just asking how the person has risen that morning or if he has enjoyed a good rest we can already place ourselves on the track of whether our patients sleep well or not", Pujol has concluded.
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