There is also a type of insomnia linked to the concerns of the Covid-19 pandemic: coronasomnia.
Surveys and statistics carried out during the period characterized by the pandemic confirm this: the worries related to infections and crises generate in many people difficulty falling asleep, agitation, restlessness and sudden awakenings.
The umpteenth surge in infections, the red zones, the lockdowns and the restrictions imposed cause anxiety and tension that threaten to undermine the mental balance. This is the post-pandemic discomfort, the one caused by the prolonged renunciation of one's habits and having to adapt to new restrictive rules, which brings out situations of stress and concern.
Among the most frequent alarm bells of this condition of widespread uncertainty due to the pandemic, there is undoubtedly disturbed sleep. The topic was addressed during the recent Congress of the Italian Society of Neurology. Anxiety is among the most prominent disorders during quarantine, followed by insomnia.
It is a cause and effect relationship: anxiety and depression can cause sleep loss or, in turn, be caused by it.
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Alarm bells
The first alarm bells of the stress caused by the pandemic are many:
- sleep disorders,
- anguish,
- outbursts of sudden anger,
- chronic insomnia,
- states of perennial anxiety,
- irritability,
- aggression,
- sudden changes of mood,
- eating disorders.
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post pandemic. The first study examined a sample of 60,000 people infected with the Coronavirus, retrospectively, and found that insomnia was in second place among the collateral disorders caused by the disease. The other work, conducted in Canada under the guide by Charles Morin, reconstructed that "insomnia, once it appears, tends to become chronic. A big and widespread problem that will remain even after the end of the pandemic. What has generated this widespread scenario? The causes are different and common: l" forced isolation that broke the routines of life, sleep and nutrition.
How does insomnia manifest itself? Insomnia, at the head of post traumatic stress disorders, manifests itself with delay in falling asleep, many awakenings during the night, agitation, nightmares. And the more anxiety and stress increase, the more pronounced these phenomena are. .
What is Parasomnia?
Parasomnia, another post-traumatic manifestation linked to the current period of emergency, is called Rem sleep behavioral disorder (Rbd). It usually affects people over the age of 50 and manifests itself with verbal and physical manifestations, often extremely violent. Usually these episodes appear in the second part of the night, associated with dreams (or nightmares, terrifying dreams). Sleep is accompanied by a rapid movement of the eyes, which occurs in conjunction with the periods in which one dreams. bed, kicking, screaming, punching, arguing with someone imaginary ... Usually when the person wakes up he remembers perfectly the dream he was having.
, which allows you to respond more effectively and attentively. When the state of anxiety and agitation becomes perennial it can lead to a lowering of the immune defenses, the onset of various symptoms, such as: tachycardia, dyspnoea, digestive disorders, sweating, headaches, erythema.
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Considering that to have the first results of the Covid-19 vaccine we will have to wait several more weeks, it is important to learn how to better manage the effects of the pandemic.
