According to a new study, poor sleeping habits can be linked to kidney disease for women.
Researchers from Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital conducted the study by examining the sleep patterns of at least 4,200 women. Through the data from Nurse's Health Study, the kidneys of the subjects were also examined at least twice over a period of 11 years.
The study shows that those women who sleep 5 hours or less in a day have greater risk in developing kidney disease. The result indicates that for those women who practice poor sleeping habits, 65% of them have a decline of kidney function compared to those women who sleep at a regular 7 to 8 hours per night.
Dr. Ciaran McMullan stated that the said result is quite alarming for women.
"This is concerning because as a general population the amount of sleep we are getting has decreased over the last 20 years," said by the lead researcher who is also an instructor in medicine.
Dr. McMullan also added that the research is considered first in showing that renal physiology can be harmfully affected by the poor sleeping habits of women. As what he had clarified, the study presented that kidney failure is associated with lack of sleep, and not that the lack of sleep causes kidney problems.
Human kidneys are considered very important organs for the total wellness and survival. Its main functions include the filtering of waste products in the body, maintaining blood pressure, and the production of red blood cells. Failure of the said organ will mean that the aforementioned functions will not be carried out well making a person ill and weak.
The study also suggests that the link of lack of sleep and the weakening of the kidneys may be caused by the medications of certain ailments like diabetes and high blood pressure.
Dr. McMullan said that most of the people who have difficulties in their sleep are those who have diabetes and high blood pressure implying that it can be also related to the kidney failure of several women.
