Sleep and cellular repair in patients with Biopolymers

Una de las mayores incomodidades que presentan las personas que tienen biopolymers is the inability to fall asleep properly, generally due to causes such as pain and chronic inflammatory syndrome, which lead to psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression, factors that prevent them from getting a good night's sleep.

It has been proven that sleep provides multiple benefits not only for physical health, but also for mental health. This process is composed of 5 phases called light sleep, dozing, transition to sleep, deep sleep or delta sleep and the last REM sleep phase, stages in which processes such as vagus training, rapid eye movements, memory stimulation and dreams take place. Restorative sleep allows cellular regeneration, an action that depends on a gland called the hypophysis, which is in charge of releasing signals in the hypothalamus to give way to the production of somatotropin (growth hormone), which absorbs serotonin (happiness hormone), somatotropin is a chemical substance sent through the blood to the organs where the increase and growth of the whole body will unfold, reaching the bones and liver where other elements that contribute to the development of new tissues are formed, also taking part in the metabolic process.

Melatonin, the hormone released during nocturnal sleep, has a special role in anti-inflammatory, regenerative, reproductive, antioxidant and immunological processes. This secretion provides cytokines that reduce cell damage by free radicals (components that promote oxidation), stimulate the immune system, protect the cardiovascular system, stabilize the body's biological rhythms and activate cell proliferation, resulting in new anti-inflammatory immune responses. Aspects such as chronic stress, insomnia and poor eating habits accelerate the cellular aging process, which manifests itself in melatonin deficiency. Symptoms such as inflammation, burning and chronic pain take on a larger scale due to low levels of melatonin production.

Hormones such as cortisol, testosterone, thyroid stimulating hormone and stress hormone have their origin in the circadian rhythms, they are responsible for the physiological variations that living beings experience daily in a synchronized manner, hence the importance of presenting sleep as an essential component that has anti-inflammatory and restorative effects that also influence the improvement in the appearance of the skin through the synthesis of collagen and elastin.

Factors that interfere with sleep quality

Sleeping 8 hours a day, acquiring healthy sleep habits and having a balanced diet allow us to achieve well-being and energy during the following day.

If at night cortisol is not eliminated through sleep, the cellular tissues of the organism will not have a correct recovery and repair, the response will be reflected in a feeling of tiredness and drowsiness during the next day. Likewise, factors such as overweight and apnea will have a negative influence on the proper expansion of the rib cage, repressing the entry of air into the lungs, in addition, breathing disorders such as allergies (rhinitis, sinusitis) will also have an impact on the concentration of daily activities.