Why Is Getting Old Getting Harder to Sleep?

Sleep becomes one of the important activities that must be carried out by everyone. Ideally, the time
needed for sleep is seven to eight hours each day. However, it is common knowledge that the more a
person ages, the less sleep he gets.

There are many reasons for sleep time more reduced as old as possible. The cause of the drug influence,
psychological pressure, pension or just a simple theory stating that the older person does only take less
sleep.

A study conducted by a team of researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in collaboration
with the University of Toronto, Canada said, there are strong reasons behind this reduced sleep time
related to neurology in medicine. The reason explained is the presence of a group of neurons or nerve
cells that are related to regulate sleep patterns. In medical terms is usually called the ventrolateral
preoptic nucleus. These nerve cells slowly become dysfunctional with age. "The more you lose these
nerve cells due to aging, the more difficult it is time to sleep, "explained Clifford Saper, M.D., Ph.D. as
leader of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Professor Clifford noted that when people enter their 70s, they generally sleep less than one and a half
hours than they normally do in their 20s. "They don't feel rested. They wake up because they feel they
can't sleep much longer, but they still feel tired during the day. This condition is commonly called chronic
insomnia," he explained.

The findings, which have been published in the journal Brain, Professor Clifford also linked the death of
nerve cells that make sleep disturbed. This was tested by laboratory experiments in mice and found that
animals that did not have nerve cells were prone to insomnia.

Another important invention of this research is, the relationship between nerve cells and sleep time is
slightly found in people who died with Alzheimer's disease. "It is surprising that people who have
alzheimer's disease lose the nerve cells quickly. They have fewer nerve cells and sleep time owned
disrupted," explained the teacher of the neurology science at the University of Toronto.

Insomnia can be overcome if you can improve your lifestyle and sleep patterns so that insomnia is not
always attached to you. First, repair sleep hygiene. That mean is not getting much sleep or too little,
exercise every day, not forcing sleep, maintaining a regular sleep schedule, avoiding caffeine at night,
avoiding sleep when hungry, avoiding smoking, and ensuring a comfortable sleep environment. Second,
relaxation techniques. This technique is the most effective way to prevent insomnia. Examples include
meditation and relaxation in the muscles. Third, stimulation control. That mean is you have to
immediately sleep when sleepy. The last one is limit excessive sleep.

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