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Stretch marks are red to white, long, sometimes depressed scars
that can stay in your skin for a long time.
When your skin is excessively stretched during pregnancy, weight
gain or growth spurts, stretch marks or striae can show. They can
also be caused by certain medications, including hormones and
steroids. Stretch marks occur when quickly expanding skin is
stretched to its limit and small tears appear in the supporting
layers of skin.
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Friday, 04 August 2006 |
Adults as well as children often deal with sleep problems. Some that adults possibly suffer from are insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and jumpy leg syndrome.
Let's identify sleep. Sleep is different than taking a break from an active agenda or resting. Sleep is a vital part of our physical and emotional health. Sleep also helps the body recover quicker from injury and illness. Someone not getting adequate sleep and report having trouble performing tasks which involve memory, learning, logical reasoning, and math calculations. Even only a few nights of not getting your needed sleep can cause stress in your life and make you less productive. Severe insomnia results in psychiatric problems in many people.
Deprivation of sleep can be dangerous, strain relations, and cause you to lose your concentration on your job. Three statistics from the National Transportation Safety Board about sleep:
A Total of $15.0 billion dollars is what it costs businesses for sleepiness and lost productivity.
At minimum 100,000 police-reported accidents in the United States are because of drowsy drivers.
The sad one is, 40 million Americans suffer sleep disorders, and most of them go undiagnosed.
How well does your body need sleep? That will be different for everyone. Most adults need an average of 7-8 hours each night if they are healthy. If you are struggling remaining alert during unexciting activities or have a tendency to be ridiculous and irritable by family, friends, or co-workers, you need additional sleep. If you have trouble concentrating or remembering facts, it's another signal you that your body needs more sleep.
There are at least 84 sleep disorders that interfere with our quality of life and personal health. A number of these problems range from irregular sleep patterns, sleepwalking, nightmares, and insomnia. Other problems are restless legs syndrome, snoring, and sleep apnea.
There is help for those suffering from sleep disorders. Sleep problems can be caused by different disorders in several body systems. Which these disorders can be treated by different medical specialties such as neurology for narcolepsy and pulmonary medicine for those suffering from sleep apnea. A doctor can help you decide if you have a sleep disorder and the treatment you need for it.
Insomnia is one of the most regular sleep problems for adults. Insomnia is defined as having difficulty falling asleep, waking up often in the night, waking up too early in the morning, and not feeling refreshed when you wake up in the morning. Insomnia can occur from one night to a few weeks, episodes that occur sporadically and severe insomnia pursuing for a month or more.
What are the causes of insomnia? Several causes of insomnia including anxiety, depression, pain, illness, irregular schedules, and drugs (including nicotine and alcohol products.)
There are ways to help sleep problems. One of those is to retain regular hours, go to bed at the exact time each night, and get up at the same time in the morning. Go to bed only if you feel sleepy and do relaxing things before you go to bed. You can read for 10 minutes, have a warm bath, or enjoy a light snack.
Exercising daily will also help but only if you don't exercise at least six hours before your bedtime. Exercising stimulates the body and the brain. Maintaining a regular schedule for all of your routine activities will keep your Dinner clock running on time.
Don't have anything to eat or drink with caffeine within 5-6 hours before bedtime. Try not to smoke before bedtime, and if you do take naps during the day, try to have them at the same time every day, preferably in the mid-afternoon.
Insomnia and other sleep disorders can be treated. If you suffer from insomnia more than just a few days, schedule an appointment with your doctor to detect the primary reason.
Restless Legs Syndrome or RLS can also be something that will upset your sleep. Mainly it's presumed as a creepy, crawling, and tingling feeling usually in the calf area. It can happen anywhere from the thigh to the ankle. When they feel those feelings in their legs, they have an urge to move whichever leg is being affected. Sleep problems commonly go with RLS because it makes it difficult to fall asleep when you are experiencing those feelings.
No one knows for certain what causes Restless Legs Syndrome. Diabetes, kidney problems, and alcohol abuse are believed to irritate RLS. It also could be hereditary or be a result of a nerve being pinched in the lower back.
Ask your doctor if you are having sleeping difficulties. They will be able to figure out what sleep disorder you have, and suggestions on how to deal with it. |
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