Risk factors of insomnia

Nowadays, there are many people facing insomnia problem as they getting the stress for life event, daily hazard or health conditions and more. These problems that they facing everyday will lead them to insomnia and cannot have a good sleep nearly every night. The chances of getting sleeping problems are almost equally in everyone no matters you are an elderly, a young adults or a students. However, here are some risk factors that will lead to insomnia that we need to know so that we can avoid it.

If you are a woman, unfortunately, the rate of getting insomnia is higher compared to others. This is because woman will experience menstrual cycle and menopause in their life. The hormonal shift during these two cycles play a role in their sleeping schedule. When a woman is experiencing menopause, she will be facing the night sweats and hot flashes when she is sleeping. These conditions will disrupt her sleeping quality and usually cannot get a well sleep over a period.

Besides a woman, someone with mental health disorder will normally getting insomnia as well. These disorders such as depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder and others will lead someone to insomnia as well. These kinds of disorders will disrupt the sleeping schedule and ruin the sleeping quality of one's. For an example, the early-wakening is one of  the symptoms of depression which normally making one's cannot get enough sleep at night.

For someone who always travels a long distance or having night-shift jobs, they will easily facing insomnia problem. Working at night-shift or irregular working schedule will mess up one's sleeping schedule. After a long period, these people will get insomnia. For those who always travelling far will facing jetlag problem as they always be in different time zone making them cannot used to it. Therefore, their sleeping schedule will get disrupt.

Sleep is very important to everyone. It can boost up our immune system and maintain our health. Get a good sleep everyone Sleep tight and Sweet dreams!

REFERENCES

Health (2008). Common Risk Factors for Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, and Other Sleep Disorders. Retrieved October 11, 2016, from http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20187963,00.html 

Mayo Clinic (2014). Insomnia Risk factors. Retrieved October 11, 2016, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/insomnia/basics/risk-factors/con-20024293