Pollution mistreats them, cigarettes kill them, and now sleep is also bad for the lungs. Attention by sleep, it is a question here of its duration; this is the conclusion of a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , which explains that sleeping too long or too little would affect the respiratory organ.
For this, these researchers from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom) analyzed the genomic data of nearly half a million British residents. Prior to this, these scientists had found that in rodents, the alteration of the biological clock made them more likely to develop pulmonary fibrosis (a disease that makes us constantly live out of breath). A result that unfortunately also proved positive in humans.
Indeed, after scientists took into account known risk factors for pulmonary fibrosis – such as body mass index, tobacco use, age and gender – participants who regularly reported sleeping 4 hours or less per night were twice as likely to develop the disease, while those who slept 11 hours or more per night tripled their risk of illness compared to people who rested 7 hours per night. Findings indicate that night work also appears to be a risk factor.
Dr. John Blaikley, in charge of this project, stated that “pulmonary fibrosis is a devastating disease that currently has no cure. Therefore, discovering that the biological clock potentially plays a key role could open up new avenues for treating and preventing the disease.”
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