Did you sleep well today?
Chasing dramas, playing games, brushing short**...There are so many reasons to stay up late that we empty our bodies every night. Illness and pain begin to become our companions, and our brains, kidneys, and every part of our body are all sending out to our will: We need a good night's sleep! "So guys, when the night comes, turn off the computer and close your eyes, and let your brain rest for a while.
Sleep, an authoritative international sleep magazineAccording to the report, people's emotions are related to an area of the brain called the amygdala, and after enough sleep, cells in various parts of the healthy brain are renewed, including the amygdala. However, when there is not enough sleep, the cells of the amygdala cannot be renewed properly, so that this area cannot work properly, resulting in a weakened ability to control emotions.
In the 21st century, people's health awareness has increased unprecedentedly, and the new concept of "having health is everything" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the problem of sleep has attracted the attention of the international community. According to the World Health Organization, 27% of people have sleep problems. In 2001, the Global Sleep and Health Initiative, sponsored by the International Mental Health Organization, launched a global campaign to designate 21 March, the first day of spring, as World Sleep Day.
This year marks the 24th World Sleep Day with the theme:"It's dark! Shutdown! Close your eyes! Go to bed! ”。Sponsored by the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, with the participation of multiple disciplines, the free clinic lecture with the theme of "Snoring Loudly, Not Sleeping Soundly" was carried out in the second conference room on the fifth floor of the outpatient clinic. The purpose of this free clinic activity is to let everyone have better sleep quality and enjoy healthy sleep.
Chief Physician Huang Jian'an, Chief Physician Zhang Xiuqin, Chief Physician Zhu Yehan, Deputy Chief Physician Guan Xiaojun of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Chief Physician Ling Hongyang of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chief Physician Yuan Xia of the Department of Neurology, Chief Physician Li Jie of the Department of General Medicine, and Attending Physician Fu Cuiping of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine attended the event.
There were many patients who participated in the event that day, including the elderly, middle-aged men, middle-aged women, and other patient groups who had seen the publicity from the hospital's tweets, as well as young children who came to participate as patients' families.
At the lecture, Chief Physician Zhang Xiuqin introduced the participating experts.
The first part of the activity is to preach, the first speaker Fu Cuiping attending physician mainly introduced the types of sleep diseases, the basic clinical manifestations, signs, and physical appearance of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep-disordered breathing is a chronic hypoxic disease, the essence of the disease is that hypoxia occurs during sleep and leads to dysfunction of various organ systems, secondary cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, etc. The main manifestations of the disease are nocturnal snoring and daytime drowsiness, and the diagnostic methods and main measures of sleep-disordered breathing are introduced. The audience listened very carefully and participated very much.
The second speaker was Guan Xiaojun, deputy chief physician, who mainly introduced the first means of the disease, cited classics, consulted the latest domestic and foreign literature, studied the latest guidelines, and the new methods and curative effects of sleep disordered breathing diseases. It aroused high recognition and resonance from the audience.
The second part of the activity is the free clinic, after entering the process, the audience raised their hands to ask questions, and after a microphone question, the experts got up on the spot to answer the patients' questions.
Snoring in sleep is common to everyone, but it is not a good thing if you are snoring loudly and have apnea. Mr. Li was tormented by this situation, he said: "I usually sleep, but at night I feel chest tightness and wake up, and my family found that I have apnea at night, and I often feel sleepy when driving during the day. ”
In fact, Mr. Li is suffering from sleep apnea syndrome, which is more harmful to the human body. Zhang Xiuqin, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, introduced: "The patient does not sleep well, in fact, he has been lacking oxygen, that is, repeated drowsiness, this is the harm, driving is easy to lead to traffic accidents, can not carry out more delicate work, the proportion of errors is high, the harm to life is severe hypertension, arrhythmia, memory loss, sexual dysfunction, cerebral infarction and other proportions." ”
World Sleep Day is an annual event that aims to raise awareness of sleep disorders and reduce the burden on society. World Sleep Day 2023 is March 21, February** Dynamic Incentive Program World Sleep Day Theme: "Healthy Mind, Good Sleep", China Sleep Day Theme:"Turn off the machine and close your eyes, and combine movement and static”。The importance of sleep is self-evident, let's learn about sleep together.