Scientists have told, that occurs to the person at absence of a dream
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What will happen to a person if you do not give him the opportunity to sleep: a day, two, a week? Such a question often arises in those who are worried about their health, but for certain reasons, suffers from a lack of sleep - for example, they are shift workers, or young mothers. Scientists conducted experiments to obtain information about the processes that occur inside the body in the absence of sleep. What can happen to a person who has been deprived of sleep?
- The first day. If you do not sleep for one day, nothing terrible will happen: only the biorhythm will be broken, which will invariably result in an increased sense of fatigue, temporary memory impairment and a weakening of concentration.
- Second day. If you do not sleep for two days, then the concentration abilities of the brain and visual function are disturbed. A person can not practically concentrate on anything - mentally or visually.
- The third day. If you do not sleep for three days, then there will be difficulties with motor coordination, problems with the nervous system. A person will become inhibited, his speech will become monotonous and emotionless. Appetite disorders arise, which often becomes irrepressible: a sense of satiety is lost. Paradoxically, at this stage, a person can not fall asleep alone, due to a malfunction of the nervous system.
- Day four. If you do not sleep for four days, then the person becomes easily excitable, irritated. The first hallucinations appear. Thoughts are given with great difficulty: even an ordinary task for a first-grader may be irresolvable.
- Day five. If a person is without sleep for five days, then his speech becomes absolutely incoherent. Hallucinations become a part of reality for him.
- The sixth day. If you do not sleep for six days, auditory hallucinations will also join the visual hallucinations.
- The seventh day. If you do not sleep for a week, then the person becomes uncontrollable, inadequate, his head always hurts.
In 1963, the record was recorded for a stay without sleep: it was installed by an 18-year-old American, a pupil of the middle school Rendi Gardner. He managed to do without sleep for eleven days. However, the consequences of this experiment were very depressing: the guy seriously harmed his health. After six days of insomnia, Rendi showed the first signs of Alzheimer's disease, the strongest paranoia was manifested: the young man accepted extraneous objects for people, inadequately reacted to someone else's speech. He lost the ability to express his thoughts, his limbs constantly trembled. On the seventh day, there were problems with the liver, and the immunity dropped sharply. The guy almost lost his memory. As a consequence, after eleven days, the doctors insisted on stopping the experiment: Randy had to undergo a long and severe recovery treatment. The conclusion is one: sleep is really very important for the human body. Absence of sleep, as well as lack of sleep, can lead to serious consequences for health. Therefore, it is necessary to draw timely conclusions and establish a high-quality and full-fledged sleep.
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