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Perhaps you are thinking of difficulty sleeping, when you think of insomnia, but also insomnia also includes other forms of sleep disorders, including when waking up during the night, early awakening and inability to get enough sleep, leading to fatigue during the day. By definition, insomnia is usually present for 3 nights or more in one week and lasts for more than a month.
Insomniesyndrom is defined as difficulty sleeping more than 30 minutes or waking up at night which is about 30 minutes, or both, with a proportion of the time of sleeping time less than 85 percent. To label the syndrome, there should also be evidence of impaired daily function. Whether you meet these criteria or not, if insomnia affects your life, it is important to talk to your doctor.
Despite the high number of insomnia cases in people with cancer, many patients do not confirm this topic, and many doctors do not ask about it. But that does not mean it's a small problem. Take a look at the slides that describe the importance of insomnia for the well-being of cancer patients.
How insomnia affects cancer stress?
In a study of lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, insomnia was the third major cause of cancer fatigue. Insomnia is characterized by shortness of breath and cough, but due to anxiety, nutritional status and physical activity. Generally, it has been found that insomnia has had the greatest direct effect on the fatigue of the reasons cited.
When you hear about tips to deal with cancer fatigue, exercise is usually on the list. Insomnia may be given more attention than medical professionals caring for cancer patients. Do not wait for your doctor to ask you about insomnia. When sleep disorders affect your life, it occurs.
Studies have shown that insomnia changes the immune and endocrine functions and has a strong impact on the risk of infectious diseases. Because cancer treatments such as chemotherapy can predispose a person to infection, this can be a double problem.
It has long been known that insomnia affects the proper functioning of the immune system. Studies on the vaccine reaction (the body's ability to benefit from the "learning" vaccine when exposed to the infectious disease) may be seen as having found the worst immune response in people who suffered at the time of insomnia vaccination.
The immune system is important in the treatment of cancer
Certainly the risk of infection for cancer patients is important, but what has been widespread recently, the effect of the immune system in the body rid of cancer. The field of rapid expansion of immunotherapy, already achieved in some cancers difficult to treat in the advanced stage of success is based mainly on the theory that in order to fight the best tumor, restore our immune system and strengthen the body must respond to this tumor. In this context, proper treatment of sleep disorders can soon be considered a basic "cure" for cancer.
Insomnia, concentration and memory
Insomnia can reduce concentration, which can make daily life activities as well as hazardous professional activities. Memory is also significantly affected by insomnia, which can affect many areas of life.
The picture above reminds us that we all can suffer from the consequences of insomnia, not just pilots and surgical populations. Low sleep disturbance can lead to more problems in our lives, which can lead to more problems. We have recently heard about the potential impact of low memory due to lack of sleep in surgical residents. But what about the effects on cancer patients trying to learn the language of their disease? A bit of chemobrain as a side effect of chemotherapy? Fortunately, much can be done to treat insomnia, as discussed in Article 3 of this series.
