The harms of children’s sleep deprivation mainly include memory loss, decreased immunity, and slow growth in height.
1. Memory loss: because the brain is usually in a high degree of consumption and operation state, usually ensure adequate sleep to help protect the brain, if children often sleep deprivation, the brain can not get enough rest and protection, it will easily lead to memory loss.
2. Decrease in immunity: children sleep to allow the body’s functions to repair, if sleep deprivation, may cause overwork, it will have an impact on the immune system, resulting in decreased immunity.
3. Slow height growth: growth hormone secretion will increase during sleep, especially deep sleep will promote the secretion of growth hormone, if sleep deprivation will affect the secretion of growth hormone, which will lead to slow growth in height.
Children’s sleep deprivation may also cause other harm, usually must let the children go to bed early and get up early to ensure sufficient sleep time, if necessary, can consult a doctor, follow the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment.