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Question
State the effects of insufficient sleep on the human body.
Solution
Humans need sleep as much as they do food, water, and air to survive. For long-term health and well-being, sleep is essential, just like these other needs. Injuries, decreased productivity, anxiety, and even a higher chance of death can result from getting too little sleep.
The effects of insufficient sleep on the human body are as follows:
- Getting too little sleep can lead to chronic health problems like depression, heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, and obesity.
- Sensitivity
- Loss or lapses in memory.
- Excessive yawning.
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-like symptoms.
- Suppression of growth.
- Lower the temperature.
- Cognitive deficiency
- Impaired moral consciousness
- Hallucinations
- lowered immunity
- A quicker response time, aches, tremors.
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