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The article is devoted to warning the doctor about the consequences of chronic lack of sleep for the body, including the endocrine, cardiovascular and immune systems.
Elena Savchenkova-Belyatko, a cardiologist and therapist at the Be Healthy clinic, spoke about the serious consequences of lack of sleep, noting that eight hours of sleep is considered the norm. Her words are reported by RIA Novosti.
Due to regular lack of sleep, a person may experience problems with the thyroid gland, which slows down and begins to produce thyroxine worse. This is what causes hypothyroidism and related problems, including disturbances in the functioning of the heart and blood vessels.
In addition, increased appetite may occur because the satiety hormone, leptin, is produced only during sleep.
The level of stress hormones may also increase, as well as the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. But immunity due to lack of sleep, on the contrary, can decrease.

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Cardiologist and therapist Elena Savchenkova-Belyatko said that lack of sleep leads to increased appetite due to decreased leptin production, slowdown of the thyroid gland and the risk of developing hypothyroidism, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. The norm for sleep is 8 hours.

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