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Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by throw1234651234 »

JadeNB wrote: post #10
r00fus wrote: post #8

I have heart issues (had a stent 2 years ago - early for my age) and have always slept poorly (mostly bad habits + diet). Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. I've learned this the hard way - you shouldn't have to.

> Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. How did you fix it? I suffer from asthma and frequent urination issues, both of which wake me up several times a night. It doesn't seem to matter much what my routines before sleep and after waking are if I am involuntary woken during sleep, and I'm s…

Work on your breathing (see below) and do pelvic floor exercises?

1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-healing-power-of-proper-bre...

2. https://www.colorado.edu/today/2019/02/25/novel-workout-impr...

Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by TallGuyShort »

Can anyone more familiar with this field elaborate on exactly what "chronic circulating inflammation throughout the blood stream" is? Inflammation I understand, but how does it circulate throughout the bloodstream? Does this refer to inflammation of the blood vessels, the heart, or somehow your blood itself?

And is there a reason to suspect causality goes in the direction implied in the article (i.e. bad sleep -> plaque) and not (i.e. X -> plaque and X-> bad sleep, where X could be stress or emotional state, etc.)?

Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by chrisa »

JadeNB wrote: post #10
r00fus wrote: post #8

I have heart issues (had a stent 2 years ago - early for my age) and have always slept poorly (mostly bad habits + diet). Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. I've learned this the hard way - you shouldn't have to.

> Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. How did you fix it? I suffer from asthma and frequent urination issues, both of which wake me up several times a night. It doesn't seem to matter much what my routines before sleep and after waking are if I am involuntary woken during sleep, and I'm s…

Not sure about the asthma, but frequent urination at night can be a warning sign for diabetes; if you haven't had a blood sugar test lately, you may want to ask your doctor about one.

Hoping you can find a solution!

Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by JadeNB »

throw1234651234 wrote: post #11
JadeNB wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. How did you fix it? I suffer from asthma and frequent urination issues, both of which wake me up several times a night. It doesn't seem to matter much what my routines before sleep and after waking are if I am involuntary woken during sleep, and I'm s…

Work on your breathing (see below) and do pelvic floor exercises? 1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-healing-power-of-proper-bre... 2. https://www.colorado.edu/today/2019/02/25/novel-workout-impr...

> 1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-healing-power-of-proper-bre... 2. http://colorado.edu/today/2019/02/25/novel-workout-improves-...

Thanks! I've been interested in that WSJ article, which I've seen elsewhere, but it's paywalled. Do you know if the relevant breathing exercises are discussed elsewhere?

Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by graeme »

JadeNB wrote: post #10
r00fus wrote: post #8

I have heart issues (had a stent 2 years ago - early for my age) and have always slept poorly (mostly bad habits + diet). Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. I've learned this the hard way - you shouldn't have to.

> Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. How did you fix it? I suffer from asthma and frequent urination issues, both of which wake me up several times a night. It doesn't seem to matter much what my routines before sleep and after waking are if I am involuntary woken during sleep, and I'm s…

Couple things for urination:

* don’t drink before bed

* During the day, practice going longer between peeing

* When you go pee, sort of imagine yourself still dreaming, and stop all daytime thoughts. Goal being to get back to sleep more easily

* Check light sources and anything else which may disturb sleep. Often you may need to pee upon waking and yet it may not have been the reason you woke

* A sleep tracker is always useful to help troubleshoot

* Talk to your doctor if you haven’t. Nocturia is associated with other health issues and early mortality.

Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by throw1234651234 »

JadeNB wrote: post #14
throw1234651234 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Work on your breathing (see below) and do pelvic floor exercises? 1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-healing-power-of-proper-bre... 2. https://www.colorado.edu/today/2019/02/25/novel-workout-impr...

> 1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-healing-power-of-proper-bre... 2. http://colorado.edu/today/2019/02/25/novel-workout-improves-... Thanks! I've been interested in that WSJ article, which I've seen elsewhere, but it's paywalled. Do you know if the relevant breathing exercises are discussed elsewhere?

I fixed the Colorado University study link. As far as the WSJ article - unfortunately I don't have a good source on breathing exercises without the training device. Hopefully someone else can help. All of these things are somewhat speculative. Imo, worth doing, but don't trust anyone who says it's 100% proven science.

Re: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

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Post by maccard »

JadeNB wrote: post #10
r00fus wrote: post #8

I have heart issues (had a stent 2 years ago - early for my age) and have always slept poorly (mostly bad habits + diet). Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. I've learned this the hard way - you shouldn't have to.

> Sleep routine is the most essential thing to fix if you have resolved all your basic needs. It creates a feedback loop that helps to reduce stress and improve health. How did you fix it? I suffer from asthma and frequent urination issues, both of which wake me up several times a night. It doesn't seem to matter much what my routines before sleep and after waking are if I am involuntary woken during sleep, and I'm s…

> I suffer from asthma and frequent urination issues, both of which wake me up several times a night.

I also suffer from asthma, you shouldn't be woken multiple times a night from it! That's very severe if it's happening with any regularlity and you should speak to a GP about it.

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