behavior that weakens immunity
Staying up during the days of Eid increases more than any other days, due to the peculiarity of these days, which are characterized by celebrations and Eid activities, which start after the afternoon and continue until late hours after dawn, which prompts the question about the relationship of staying up late with the body’s immunity.
The consultant of chest diseases and sleep medicine, director of the Sleep Medicine and Research Center at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Professor Siraj Omar Wali, and Dr. Ibrahim Zakaria, a researcher in sleep medicine, revealed that the immune system produces protective substances to fight infection during sleep.
anti bacteria
They explained that among these substances, cytokines, as these substances are used to fight bacteria and viruses, help sleep, and provide the immune system with the energy needed to defend the body against disease.
And they added that the lack of or poor sleep may prevent the immune system from building itself and restoring its strength, which leads to its weakness in fighting diseases, and a person may take longer than usual to recover from the disease, and there is no doubt that we live these days during the days of Eid al-Fitr that coincide for the second year With the Corona epidemic, what makes maintaining a strong immune system, and more necessary to prevent this virus.
chronic diseases
And we showed that the long-term lack of sleep increases the risk of chronic diseases, such as: diabetes and heart disease, and the lack of sleep and wakefulness weakens the ability of the logical part of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) to control the emotional part, which affects the treatment of Emotions, the ability to think correctly, staying up late limits the production of hormones needed to regulate growth and appetite, in addition to helping to overproduce stress chemicals.
feeling hungry
They stressed that if the body does not take a sufficient amount of rest, it stimulates the feeling of hunger and the constant feeling of wanting to devour more food and thus gain weight, and that staying up late and poor sleep enhances weak immunity and thus infection or easy exposure to infectious diseases, as excessive staying up also causes disturbances in readings. Sugar, fats and blood pressure, in addition to emotional tension, haste and lack of discipline in decision-making, so a healthy sleep with sufficient hours is important so that the individual wakes up with all activity and vitality and maintains his health and enjoys a healthy and happy life.
