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Corona patients in a hospital’s lung department are five times more likely to not sleep all night compared to patients without corona in the same department. According to researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the main reasons for the poor night’s sleep are shortness of breath, worries about the disease, fear and noises in the ward.
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The virus itself and the body’s response to the virus may also play a role in the development of sleep disorders. However, this needs further investigation.
The researchers point out that people who sleep little in general have a higher chance of contracting infections. “Once you have an infection, it’s harder for your body to fight it.” Healthcare providers should therefore be extra alert to insomnia in patients with Covid-19.
79 patients with corona and 50 patients without Covid participated in the study. The results are published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
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