What are the bad effects of staying up late?

Warning! Many people have the habit of staying up late, some of them have no choice but to stay up late and work overtime, the other is to enjoy the night life voluntarily. When it comes to the health problems of “owls”, doctors in various departments are very worried. Gastroenterology doctors worry: people who stay up late gastrointestinal are not good Speaking of staying up late, it is because many people will eat late night snacks, late night snacks stagnate in the stomach for a long time, prompting the secretion of gastric juices, causing irritation to the gastric mucosa, which can easily lead to gastric mucosal erosion, ulcers. And at night the gastrointestinal tract does not get rest, dysfunction, constipation and other problems come. Oncologists worry: staying up late raises the risk of cancer “Nowadays, the incidence of tumors is getting higher and higher, I am really worried about the health of night owls!” Staying up late for a long time is a causative factor for the high incidence of tumors. Because staying up late can lead to the disruption of endocrine hormone level, make cell metabolism abnormal, affect the normal division of human cells, lead to cell mutation, and increase the risk of cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has long determined that night shift is a strong cancer-causing factor. Compared with people who work from 9 to 5, the risk of late-stage tumors increases by 24% and the risk of early-stage tumors increases by 49% among night shift workers. Cardiac surgeons worry: staying up late induces cardiovascular disease “Some of my patients just used to work more than 10 hours a day and stay up late at night a lot.” When staying up late, people are in a state of prolonged stress and constantly secrete hormones such as adrenaline, which can cause abnormal vasoconstriction. Long-term lack of sleep, people will feel nervous and anxious, easily induced or aggravated hypertension. For patients with atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, coronary heart disease and other patients, staying up all night invariably adds load to the heart and is prone to myocardial infarction and other accidents. Ophthalmologists worry: staying up all night takes away good eyesight Many people do not know that in fact, good eyesight will quietly pass away in the long stay up. Staying up late is the same as overloading the eyes, fighting hard all night under the lights, easy to make eye muscle fatigue, in the long run, will lead to vision loss. Some people who stay up late will also experience pain, dryness, rising and other problems, coupled with low resistance, will also induce conjunctivitis, keratitis, macular edema of the fundus and other eye diseases. Psychiatrists worry: insomnia and depression may also Staying up late not only hurts your body, but also your mind! Received many young patients, are due to long-term late night sleep disorders, and even neurasthenia and other problems. Jia Hongxiao introduced, this is because the human sympathetic nerve is generally rest at night and excitement during the day, stay up late when the sympathetic nerve in the night to stay excited, to the day will appear these symptoms. Staying up late for a long time may also increase the risk of depression. ※Staying up late tips Really can’t avoid staying up late in life, various doctors have also given their suggestions for staying up late to maintain and minimize the damage of staying up late! Eat: Staying up late is easy to fire, but this is mostly false fire, you can eat some wolfberry, astragalus, angelica, gum to regulate, to benefit the qi and nourish the yin, clear heat and reduce fire, eliminate fatigue, enhance immunity. Eat night snacks do not eat cold and greasy food, thin rice is preferable. Drink: stay up less coffee, coffee is easy to cause insomnia, but also consume the body B vitamins, more easily tired, can drink Chinese wolfberry date tea, hydration and fire. Protection: stay up late, it is best to work every 45 minutes or so to rest 10 minutes, or every half an hour to do deep breathing, do eye exercises, and eat some orange fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin A to prevent visual fatigue. Sleep: If you have to stay up late, it is recommended that it is best to sleep for a while at the time of the son (23:00 to 1:00), to raise the yang energy, the next day do not use the whole day drowsy, it is best to reduce the time to make up for sleep in the morning, appropriate to make up for sleep at noon, and do not exceed 3 hours of sleep in the afternoon. Press: people who stay up late can massage the foot three points to help stay up late to regulate the body’s immunity, but also to regulate the spleen and stomach to nourish the vital energy. Also press the Zanzhu point (on the inner side of the eyebrows), the eyelid point (at the inner corner of the eye), and the solar plexus point to relieve eye fatigue and edema and prevent myopia.