Here are some effects of staying up late that have a negative impact on health
Occasionally staying up late for assignments or work is indeed not a problem. However, if it happens too often, it can cause you to experience a number of negative effects. Especially, in terms of physical and mental health.
In this article, we will share several negative effects of staying up late on health. Hopefully, it can serve as a reminder for you not to stay up too often. The following are some of the effects of staying up late!
Increased Risk of Stroke
Staying up too often can cause blood vessels to not function optimally. This leads to several issues. Stroke is one of them. According to a study, workers who frequently work overtime are at risk of having a stroke. Not only stroke, but other diseases such as heart disease and depression as well.
Causes Obesity
In addition to disrupting blood vessel function, staying up late also disrupts ghrelin and leptin. Two hormones that affect a person's eating patterns. People whose ghrelin and leptin levels are disrupted will feel hungry easily. From there, the seeds of obesity begin to emerge. If left unchecked, this will certainly lead to other physical diseases, such as stroke and heart disease.
Obesity caused by staying up late also leads to a significant increase in body weight. This is consistent with a study involving more than 21,000 people. The study concluded that people who lack sleep (including due to staying up late) are prone to weight gain.
Potential to Develop Heart Disease and Diabetes
In addition to stroke, heart disease and diabetes are two diseases that are prone to occur due to staying up late. The emergence of these two diseases is caused by a disrupted body system. A disrupted body system makes it difficult for the body to recover from illnesses, whether they are severe or mild. This makes the body vulnerable to any disease, including heart disease and diabetes.
Disruption of Growth Hormone Production
The production of growth hormones can also be disrupted due to staying up late. In addition to the body system, of course. If the production of growth hormones is disrupted, muscle mass and cell recovery in the body will also be affected. For children and teenagers, disruption of growth hormones can make it difficult for their bodies to grow taller.
Respiratory Tract Vulnerable to Infections
The respiratory tract will also experience infections when staying up too late. Several mild and severe respiratory diseases can emerge in the body. Ranging from influenza to pneumonia. For those suffering from pneumonia, it is advisable to start reducing the habit of staying up late. Because staying up late can worsen pneumonia in the body.
Potential Decrease in Memory Ability
For the central nervous system in the brain to function optimally, you need to get enough sleep at night. When the central nervous system functions optimally, it will help the brain form new memory pathways. From there, the brain can be better prepared to face activities in the morning.
If you stay up late (even too often), the brain and nervous system cannot form new memory pathways. As a result, you will find it difficult to face activities in the morning. This will also disrupt both short-term and long-term memory functions.
Decrease in Libido
For those of you who are married, it is best not to stay up too often. Because it can lower your libido, thus affecting your married life. Why can this happen?
When staying up late, your body will experience a lack of energy, excessive drowsiness, and increased anxiety. All of these factors can lower your libido, regardless of whether you are male or female. Specifically for men, excessive staying up late can decrease testosterone levels. This will also affect your libido.
Potential for Premature Aging
Staying up late also leads to premature aging of your face. Staying up too often will increase cortisol levels. Frequent staying up late can also cause skin collagen to break down, leading to puffy eyes and pale skin. All of these factors make your face vulnerable to premature aging.
Increased Forgetfulness
This effect of staying up late is still related to the previous effect, especially regarding memory decline. When memory declines, the brain's ability to store memories (both short-term and long-term) will also decrease. As a result, you will often forget.
Increased Fatigue, Especially During the Day
This negative effect will be very noticeable for those of you who often work during the day. When staying up late, you lose the opportunity to get quality sleep. Especially at night.
Quality sleep at night is very important. Because it allows you to rest your body at night. Thus, you will feel more refreshed during daytime activities.
If you do not get quality sleep, you cannot rest your body. As a result, your body will easily become fatigued during the day. If you are not working, you can address this by taking a nap.
However, if you are working during the day, this will certainly disrupt your performance at work. If left unchecked, you may experience hypersomnia.
Emergence of Depression and Other Mental Disorders
Not only physical health, staying up late also negatively impacts mental health. Staying up too often can make mental health vulnerable to depression. Not only depression, but other mental disorders can also occur.
Staying up late can make the mind easily fatigued, making it vulnerable to depression. This will worsen if you stay up late while consuming caffeinated drinks, especially coffee.
This will exacerbate your depression. In addition to depression, some mental disorders that can arise from staying up late include anxiety disorders and paranoia.
Inability to Produce Cytokines
When sleeping at night, the body produces cytokines. A type of compound that helps the body become immune to viruses and bacteria. Cytokines also help the body sleep more soundly at night. This will not happen when you stay up late. Staying up late prevents the body from producing cytokines. As a result, the body becomes vulnerable to viruses and bacteria.
Vulnerability to Cancer Cells
In addition to being vulnerable to viruses and bacteria, the bodies of people who frequently stay up late are also susceptible to cancer cells. If left unchecked, these cancer cells can lead to various types of cancer, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, and stomach cancer. To mitigate this effect, it is recommended to reduce staying up late and sleep for at least 7 hours.
Increased Risk of Death
Perhaps this is the most frightening negative effect of staying up late. According to a study conducted by Chronology International, people who frequently stay up late have a 10 percent increased risk of death.
These are some of the negative effects of staying up late on health, both physical and mental. Hopefully, this serves as a reminder of the dangers of staying up late, especially if it happens too often.
Author: Anggie Warsito
