Lack of sleep can hit health
The past months have been difficult for all of us but for people with diabetes and other long-term conditions, it has been especially difficult.
It has also been an anxious time for people with diabetes for several reasons.
For example, because they have been unable to have their routine health checks.
This can result in difficulty sleeping.
Many of us have the odd restless night and although it may leave us feeling tired and irritable the next day, it does not have the negative impact that long-term disturbed or poor quality sleep has on our health.
Most of us need between seven and nine hours of sleep per night and getting more or less than these amounts of sleep can cause a range of health problems, some of which are more serious than others.
They can include sleep apnoea, heart disease, obesity, stress and depression.
We here at the InDependent Diabetes
Trust have published a new booklet, titled Diabetes – The Importance of Sleep, which discusses the benefits of improving the quality of sleep, how to get more sleep and also change their habits to try to make longer term improvements.
The booklet also discusses Restless Leg Syndrome, a common disorder that can affect anyone and causes people to want to move their legs, again this can lead to long sleepless nights.
We would like your readers to know that we can help them to learn more about their diabetes and sleep and how to look after themselves through our free our booklets.
All our booklets are free, so we hope you will let your readers know that we can help.
They can obtain copies of Diabetes – The Importance
of Sleep and any of our other booklets by contacting IDDT at the address below; by telephoning 01604 622837 or emailing myself at the following address: jenny@ iddtinternational.org
Jenny Hirst. Co-Chair, IDDT. PO Box 294, Northampton. NN1 4XS.