The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Student
Parents and teachers always ask their children to get plenty of sleep at a young age. Most common children ignore the adult’s remarks without thinking of the coming consequences. The children will realize the different in their body and mind as they grow older. Their memory will shorten and their body decreases in the amount of growth hormone. Causes of body and mind decay are commonly come from lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation on students will be fix when students changing some of their habits.
National Sleep Foundation recent study state, “63% of college students do not get enough sleep.” Sleep deprivation is a way of life for most students, especially during exam times. 15% percent of college students admit that they fall asleep in class. Students who studied hard all week and then stayed up all night partying on the weekend lost as much as 30% of what they had learned during the week. This is not a problem only seen in college students. Much of society suffers to some extent from sleep deprivation.
Most people that are attending College or University are suffering sleep deprivation. The causes of sleep deprivation in students are varies from school to work. Students who are attending schools are often working as well. With difficult class and longer hours of working students some times don’t get enough rest. For example students will go to class at 8:30 a.m. and finish at 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon, also an hour later they have to be at work. After work they will have to come home and work on their homework until late. The time in which student sleep can some spans from four to six-hours of sleep. The next day the student will have to repeat the same routine. With busy schedules students can’t get the required eight hours of sleep. This is mainly the cause of an early stage of sleep deprivation.
The cause of sleep deprived can come from drags. Drags can vary from caffeinated drinks to prescription drugs. Some of the commons caffeinated drinks include coffee, sodas or energy drinks. The problem of sleep deprived will be worsen when students consume caffeinated drinks before bad.
Drugs that’s student are currently taken to gain an edge against sleep deprivation is a prescription drugs intended to treat Attention Deficit Disorder. “Prescription drugs intended to treat Attention Deficit Disorder, including Ritalin and Adder all, which can have serious health consequences and should not be taken without a doctor’s consent,” (www.sleep-deprivation.com). Other drugs that college students may take that can affect sleep include: certain anti-depressants, diet pills, illegal drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamines, nicotine, oral contraceptives containing hormones, and steroids. These drugs has many side effects, some of the side effects include irregular sleeping cycles and irregular heartbeat.
Alcohol is also one of the drugs that affect sleep deprivation. After stressful classes students consume alcohol to relax before bed. The affect of alcohol is making students head feel drowsy, drinking it will reduce quality of sleep. Consuming alcohol before bed can lead to an increase in the number of time students wake up at night. These drugs may cause student’s body to stay awake, which reduce students quality of sleep.
According to Sarah Ledoux article, “sleep deprived test subjects have difficulties thinking of imaginative words or ideas. Instead, they tend to choose repetitious word or clichéd phrases.” She’s basically saying that people who suffer sleep deprivation will have trouble communicating with others. Other symptoms include: slurred speech, stuttering, speaking in unchanging tone, or speaking at a slower pace than normal. Lack of sleep can also cause student to not react to unpredictable changes in routine, lost one’s ability to be focus on several different tasks, and the speed and efficiency of the student’s action. Students who are suffering lack of sleep are unable to solve complex problems; even if they can the solution will not be original.
The worse case of sleep deprivation is when the body immune system is weakening, which eventually produce hallucinations and even death. When body’s immune system is weakening the white blood cells within the body also decreases in number and activity of the remaining white blood cells. As, the number and activity of white blood cells decreases the body also decreases the amount of growth hormone produced. When the amount of growth hormone decreases the body actually loses the ability to metabolize sugar declines, turning sugar into fat. One study stated that people who sleep less than four hours per night are three times more likely to die within the next six years. The longest a human has remained awake was eleven days. In the lab, rats that are continually deprived of sleep die within two to five weeks. This is generally due to their s
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