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Article: Taking care of insomnia
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- The Malay Mail
- Article date:
- October 10, 2006
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LYING in bed all night long, unable to fall asleep, can be very
distressing. One in three adults suffers from insomnia and women are
more likely to experience it. A lack of sleep will adversely effect
your physical and emotional health and will leave you feeling tired,
irritable, with a decrease in your ability to concentrate and make
rational decisions. You will be come more accident-prone and your
immune system will be less effective in fighting infections.
The most common cause of insomnia is stress and anxiety, linked
with physical and/or psychiatric disorders like pain, illness,
orthopnea (inability to breathe on lying flat) and depression. Such
environmental and lifestyle factors as ...