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March Is National Sleep Awareness Month
Everyone wants a good night’s sleep – but not everyone is getting it! This month is an opportunity to examine your sleep habits and search for ways you can improve both how much sleep you get, and how restful that sleep actually is.
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Every March, sleep health experts everywhere place an extra emphasis on spreading the word about the benefits of optimal sleep. It’s important to prioritize sleep for your overall health and well-being, and this month is all about sleep professionals sharing best practices for sleep health – including practical advice and expert guidance – to help you get the sleep you need.
Why Is Getting Enough Sleep So Important?
In order to retain proper behavioral and cognitive functions, it’s recommended that adults get at least seven hours of sleep each night. A consistently insufficient amount of sleep can lead to serious consequences.
To start, chronic lack of sleep has been linked to certain diseases and serious medical conditions, including but not limited to heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, stroke, obesity, and poor mental health. Some studies have even linked sleep deprivation to reduced cognition, delayed reactions, attention lapses, and mood shifts. Essentially, without enough sleep, your body can’t function properly.
How Can You Get A Better Night’s Sleep?
There are a multitude of potential reasons behind why your quantity or quality of sleep isn’t where it needs to be. One pathway you can take on the road to healthier sleep is to actively tweak your lifestyle and start building better sleep habits.
While healthier sleep routines can help on your journey to a better night’s rest, it’s not always the only answer. It’s important to recognize that a certain medical condition may actually be the culprit behind your daytime exhaustion. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) – when breathing frequently stops and starts during sleep, repeatedly depriving you of oxygen and taking a toll on your body – is one such medical condition.
Common signs and symptoms of OSA include excessive daytime sleepiness (also known as hypersomnia), snoring, morning headaches, dry mouth or throat soreness upon waking up, restless sleep, high blood pressure, frequent nighttime urination, feelings or depression, irritability, or mood swings, and decreased libido, to name a few. Sleep apnea is a serious medical condition that should be treated not just to achieve better sleep and less snoring, but also to prevent the many health risks that can arise from it. We can help you get started on your OSA treatment path – wherever you are in your journey – here: https://somnomed.com/en/find-a-clinic/
How Can You Get Involved In Spreading Sleep Awareness?
Many national organizations – among them The National Sleep Foundation and Project Sleep – put together empowering and educational content to honor National Sleep Awareness Month, National Sleep Awareness Week (March 13 – 19, 2022), and World Sleep Day (March 18, 2022).
Our team here at SomnoMed also participates each March (year round, really!) in helping to raise awareness about the importance of sleep health, and how individuals can be effectively treated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Our goal: to help treat more OSA patients, more successfully. We aim to let patients everywhere know that they have more effective OSA treatment options out there than just CPAP – such as Oral Appliance Therapy with a SomnoMed device. In addition to empowering patients with this information, our team also helps patients access their treatment options, assisting them every step of the way in their sleep apnea journey.
This National #SleepAwarenessMonth, follow us on social media to see how we’re spreading the word about healthier sleep – and how you can, too!
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You’re not alone in your sleep troubles. So many people struggle with sleep disorders, and millions suffer from untreated sleep apnea. We’re here to help you. It makes what we do that much more worthwhile when we learn that we’ve helped happy patients finally get the good night’s sleep they deserve!
Sources
https://project-sleep.com/https://www.amc.edu/academic/gme/upload/-5-National-Sleep-Month.pdf
