women are twice as likely as men to suffer from insomnia due to changes physical and hormonal, concluded yesterday the 21st Annual meeting of the Spanish society of dream held in the City of Burgos.
The report that disseminates Europa Press pointed out that, in general, the incidence of insomnia in premenopausal women lies between 33 and 36 per cent, and in postmenopausal increases to 41 and 61 percent, due to a trend growing anxiety, depression, disorders of mood and physical decay.
Both during pregnancy sleep disorders are accentuated, in part by physiological changes such as abdominal distention, fetal movement, the asthenia, low back pain, increased urinary frequency or vomiting, which cause more Nighttime Awakenings and reduce the effectiveness of sleep.
The report estimated that nearly 70 per cent of pregnant women have some disorder or difficulty in sleep, insomnia or excessive sleepiness.
However, the specialist Francisco Campos, Member of the Spanish sleep society (SES), pointed out that “these physiological changes are transitory, and are related to hormonal variations inherent in the gestational process”.
Added that, “while it seems that the quality of sleep stays altered in the immediate postpartum, probably by hormonal changes and the concern by the newly born the quality of sleep is restored during the year after childbirth”.
On the other hand, the menopause is one of the moments in which women experience hormonal changes resulting in physical, physiological and psychological changes that favor the appearance of disorders or sleep difficulties.
In addition, hormonal changes typical of that period justify the increase of cases of women sleep apnea postmenopausal.
