How to get rid of insomnia. Doctor's recommendations

March 20, MINSK. Somnologist Yevgenia Timoshenko spoke about the factors that contribute to the appearance and development of snoring, BelTA informs.

"Insomnia happens due to many factors. The reason for this may be a broken daily routine, improper food intake, overeating, excessive physical activity, psycho-emotional status with an increased level of excitement. In order to help yourself with this problem, you need to eliminate these factors," said Evgenia Timoshenko.

There is such a thing as sleep hygiene. And every person must follow it. "This concept includes calm walks before bedtime, lack of physical training 2-3 hours before bedtime. You can not overeat, eat fatty foods, avoid stress. You can take soothing teas, which will include lemon balm, thyme. All these measures can be applied up to keeping a diary of sleep control.If there are problems with falling asleep, you need to identify the cause that could cause the violation, and analyze what is happening, excluding those factors that can be corrected.If all the factors have been excluded, and insomnia does not go away, you need to seek medical help from DOCTOR - there are drugs that help in the correction of sleep. All this is treated, "added the somnologist.

“Alcohol is another factor that negatively affects sleep. It overexcites the NERVOUS SYSTEM, thereby disturbing sleep. In general, this is a large chain of pathological reactions that occur when drinking ALCOHOL. A person dehydrates the body, often wakes up because of the desire to quench thirst. People who use alcohol as a sleeping pill can only acquire the development of alcohol dependence, and not healthy sleep," Yevgenia Tymoshenko stressed.

According to the doctor, honey with MILK helps a lot in falling asleep, as it has a warming and sedative effect.

Another cause of insomnia is the snoring of those who sleep next to you. "Snoring is a pathological process in the body that occurs as a result of a decrease in the tone of the muscles of the soft palate. This causes physical fluctuations in the air flow against the muscle folds of the soft palate. Unfortunately, this happens with age. Often older men are prone to this. To get rid of snoring , you can change the position of the body. Surgical intervention is also used, "she concluded.