You don’t need me to tell you that getting a good night sleep is needed for you to remain productive all day. Your well-being highly depends on how much rest you get every night, and how nutritious your food is. But so many people are sleep-deprived because of breathing problems. If you snore and you often wake yourself up because of it, you might want to get checked for sleep apnea.
Over 90 percent of snorers may have breathing disorders during sleep. This may be the cause of listlessness during the day. Grogginess during the day and a cranky attitude may be the direct result of sleep apnea. More often than not, being sleep-deprived can also cause lower productivity at work, bad mood and poor driving skills. If you have this condition, you will be constantly moving around in your sleep because you just cannot find a good position for sleeping.
Another cause may be obstructive apnea, or sleep disordered breathing cue to blockage of the breathing passage by tonsils and adenoids. Waking yourself up in the middle of the night due to your strong snores is the least of your worries if you are afflicted with this condition. If your sleep apnea starts, blood oxygen level especially that in the brain declines due to the lack of breath. You may find yourself gasping for air in your sleep.
People with sleep apnea often feel fatigued during the day. Normally, they have blood-shot eyes and they cannot take power naps. Light sleepers may or may not have sleep apnea, but if they do, they should check it once and for all.
Falling in and out of a very light sleep several times during the night means you had trouble breathing during the time, and your body has to wake up so you can force air inside your lungs by gasping or coughing. It’s like having a cold all the time.
Sleep apnea can happen to most people, but it is said that people who are overweight are more prone to developing sleep apnea than others. Men are also more prone to sleep apnea than women. Snoring is not a sure sign of sleep apnea although almost all people who have sleep apnea snore at least once throughout the night.
You know you have sleep apnea if you feel sleepy during the day and you feel mild to severe chest pain when you wake up in the morning. Other symptoms include: restless tossing and turning during sleep, choking in the middle of the night and trouble memorizing simple things. Some people experience extreme anxiety and even undergo personality changes because of sleeplessness. They are also prone to morning headaches, heartburn and leg swelling.
Sleep apnea may put you at risk for hypertension, heart attack or stroke, not to mention work or driving related accidents. If sleep apnea is successfully treated, you will soon start sleeping better. You will also feel this huge burden lifted from you. You will calmly deal with problems and will become more positive in your outlook.
Because your skin is your first line of defense from infections and diseases, you should take care of it. The skin’s function as a protectant of your body should teach you to take care of it. The skin can be extremely vulnerable to carbon monoxide emitted by cars and UV rays from sunlight. It needs daily pampering because it may just degenerate on you if you don’t take better care of it.
What you must watch out for is the clogging of pores. Environmental pollutants like toxins and free radicals are always around to harm your skin. These chemicals clog the pores, making it difficult for your skin to excrete normally. Sweat and oils come out of pores often, but that’s normal. What isn’t normal is the way sweat and oils try to come out of your skin but cannot because of the clogged pores. Clogged or dirty skin pores are the primary reasons of deterioration of the skin cells.
There are many other factors that may contribute to poor skin conditions. I’m mentioning some of them here so you can avoid them.
Alcohol will always be bad for the skin, especially if taken regularly. Alcohol will dry out your skin, making the pores a little tighter and the texture more rough. When you get drunk, your skin becomes deprived of water and nutrients because you’re excreting too much in copious amounts. Alcohol may also lead to decrease in immunity against diseases that cause digestive tract disorders. Poor diet, or faulty digestion restricts the absorption of nutrients that are important to skin’s health.
Moreover, alcohol consumption can cause liver disease. The liver is the main food processing center of the body, and it’s the one responsible for turning the nutrients from food into minerals that your skin can use. A sluggish liver cannot store skin-nourishing vitamins such as Vitamin A.
Having a better looking skin may mean you need to transform your lifestyle. Besides regular cleaning and a wholesome lifestyle, you may also need to use skin products that are especially made for your skin type. You can use moisturizers or skin products with a lot of moisturizers to cure your dry and flaky skin.
Direct sun exposure can damage your skin. Moreover, it can cause skin cancer. To avoid direct exposure to the sun, use a sun block with SPF 15 at least even on overcast days. The ultraviolet rays of the sun are always present, even if the sun isn’t shining as brightly. We cannot control the way the environment is getting denuded directly, but we can at least do this to prevent the effects of the damaged environment from reaching our skin.
Allergens. To be safe, always apply a dab of a new skin care product on the inside of your elbow and wait for 24 hours before using the product on your whole body. This is to make sure you’re not inadvertently using a skin care product that you’re allergic to.
Be very careful when choosing your moisturizing soap, lotion, cream, and other skin care products. There is such a thing as over-pampering, which could lead to allergies. Use gentle skin care products or those endorsed by health professionals. Sometimes, the development of pimples is the result of using harsh ingredients, comedogenic substances (those that cause pimples) and products that contain too much chemicals and scents.
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