Over the years and before the arrival of aging, various organs of the body may be at risk of suffering from various diseases; For this reason, health professionals recommend eating a healthy and balanced diet that contains foods from all groups, in order to prevent all kinds of pathologies. To this habit it is important to add the frequent practice of physical activity.
One of the organs that is most affected during the stage of adulthood is the brain, one of the diseases that is most diagnosed among these patients is Alzheimer’s. The United States National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus explains that this is the most common form of dementia, when this pathology is diagnosed the person presents serious complications to continue with their daily activities.
In the first phase of Alzheimer’s, the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language are strongly affected. People who have this pathology find it difficult to remember events that arose recently, in addition, they begin to forget the name of the people and their relationship with them, even when they live with them.
As the months go by, the situation can worsen, causing patients with this disease to forget to speak, write and read. They may even forget to do such everyday habits as brushing their hair or teeth. Over time they can become anxious or aggressive and can wander the streets aimlessly; therefore, they need permanent accompaniment, either from a family member or a health professional such as a nurse.
The portal urgent 24 In its health section, it mentions the importance of taking care of sleep habits, since people who have altered this habit may have a higher risk of suffering from the aforementioned disease.
The medium reminds that poor quality sleep can not only trigger diseases that affect the brain, but also the heart. Sleep disorders “represent a challenge for public health, because increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and developing Alzheimer’s in the future”, according to Carmen Bellido, researcher and Coordinator of the Occupational Risk Prevention Service at the Hospital de Castellón, during a meeting organized by Europa Press and Idorsia.
Also, Inés Moreno, Ramón y Cajal researcher in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIBERNED, IBIMA, and University of Malaga, assured that “lack of sleep affects cognition, increasing problems with learning and remembering what has been learnedaccording to experiments done on animals.
How does lack of soil affect memory?
The professional explains that while sleeping the brain erases information that is not very relevant and processes what is learned during the day, selecting between the most important and the least important. “While we sleep, there is the process of memory consolidation. In other words, what we learn during the day stays in a region of the brain and accumulates in long-term memory”.
“The change of information from one area of the brain to the area that will allow us to remember it occurs during the night. It is also at night when ideas are reorganized in the brainand that makes it easier to memorize things,” he adds.
Health professionals recommend sleeping at least six continuous hours during the night; however, what is expected is that it be eight hours in a rowAmong the most frequent recommendations is to stay away from all types of screens an hour before going to bed, in order to prevent sleep disturbances or insomnia. In the presence of any alteration in it, it is advisable to consult a health professional.