Early removal: recognize sleep disorders as a creeping risk!

Early removal: recognize sleep disorders as a creeping risk!

Fulda, Deutschland - The danger of dementia could be recognized well before the actual occurrence of symptoms by our sleeping habits. The latest research shows that sleep disorders, especially in REM sleep, are the body phase in which we experience lively dreams, as warning signs of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. This knowledge is based on a Canadian study that shows that people who have problems with their sleeping behavior in the REM cycle are up to 100 percent increased risk of developing dementia-and this year before the diagnosis, as the Fulda newspaper reports.

The German Alzheimer Society currently has around 1.8 million people with dementia in Germany, although the number of illnesses has increased steadily in recent years. The symptoms of dementia, which include confusion, memory loss and difficulties in everyday life, often lead to a late diagnosis. In addition, an extensive epidemiological examination shows that people who sleep less than seven hours per night in middle age have a significantly increased risk of developing dementia in old age. In particular, people with six or less hours of sleep report a dementia rate of 22 to 37 percent higher, such as the research results in the Study by Dr. Séverine Sabia occupy.

Influence of the duration of sleep on the risk of illness

The duration and quality of sleeping play decisive roles in the prevention of dementia. According to the Alzheimer Research Initiative, important regeneration processes run during sleep, in which harmful substances, such as the protein amyloid beta, are removed. In the event of a chronic lack of sleep, such toxic proteins could occur in the brain, which could pave the way to the disease. Results from research show that a sleep of an average of seven hours per night is the cheapest to reduce the risk, while long sleep (> 8 hours) also harbors increased dangers, as a connection between sleeping habits and health states illustrates.