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Yann Guénégou
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Nov 30 2024 at 5:46 p.m
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Co-responsible for the sleep unit at the Brest university hospital center with Dr Émeline Le Cadet-Woh, neurologist, Dr Jérémie Lefrancpediatrician, will host the next Health Monday, December 2, 2024, on the theme of insomnia and other sleep disorders (read the box). Before this meeting, he gives us some advice.
Dr. Jérémie Lefranc explains, in the preamble, that “insomnia is a lack or poor quality of sleep which impacts the next day on the physical, psychological and social activities of the day.
Its main causes: “Stress, anxiety and depression. »
Here are his three tips to sleep better.
1 – Always get up at the same time
If you go to bed late and give yourself a lie-in, in the evening you will have difficulty falling asleep. If you get up at the same time as usual, you will undoubtedly be more tired during the day but you will have a restful night afterwards. It is important to do not shift your wake-up time.
2- Spend an awakening and stimulating day
For this, it is necessary good lighting in the morninga beautiful light intensity to wake up the brain. Then social and sporting activities all day. If necessary, a little napbut 10-15 minutes no more. The longer it is, the more it will impact the following night.
3 – Prepare for the night
Agree to to settle down after dinner (not too copious and without excess alcohol) with a softer light. You have to psycho-stimulatestop browsing social networks and its screens, switch to quieter activities like reading.
Health Monday
The last Health Monday organized by the City will focus on insomnia and other sleep disorders. “Despite knowledge and great advances, sleep is not yet considered an important part of life,” regrets Fragan Valentin-Leméni, deputy mayor responsible for promoting physical and mental health. “Good sleep is essential, at all ages. For growth, for the recovery of our body. As much for our mental, social and physical health. » He adds: “On average, you need to sleep seven and a half to eight hours a day. This obviously varies between individuals and ages. For a teenager, nine to ten hours are considered necessary. »
Fragan Valentin-Leméni specifies that a third of French people “say they do not sleep well. 15 to 20% say they suffer from insomnia or difficulty falling asleep. And 10% suffer from a severe form of insomnia, with a higher incidence for women. »
Adding: “Lack of sleep has considerable consequences on health, degrades living conditions, education, professional, social, emotional and family life. »
He points out that “lack of sleep will increase the risk of road accidents by eight and the risk of work accidents by 4.5”.
And concludes: “It is a public health issue. The aim is to inform residents about these disorders, but also about research advances and treatment systems. »
> Monday, December 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in lecture halls 500 and 600 of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management, rue du Commandant-Paul-Vibert in Brest. Broadcast live on the City’s YouTube channel. It’s free.
And when bedtime comes, let the signs of drowsiness and sleep are felt, we do not resist, we listen to our body, we will in bed. More to sleep. Without a smartphone, without a tablet, without a TV…
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