Beware! Staying Up Late Could Increase Risk Of Fatty Liver Disease

Getting enough sleep is crucial for a healthy mind and body. Inadequate sleep or sleep deprivation could lead to many health problems. Night owls, beware! If you're frequently staying up late, you could get fatty liver disease.

A new study, published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, suggested that people with sedentary lifestyles and poor sleep behaviors are at highest risk for fatty liver disease, which can progress to end-stage liver disease. A quarter of the world's adult population are estimated to be affected by this chronic liver disease. Metabolic disorders like obesity and type 2 diabetes are known to trigger fatty liver disease.

The study showed that people who stay up late, snore and nap during daytime for over 30 minutes have the highest risk for developing fatty liver disease. Even a moderate improvement in your sleep quality can reduce the risk of getting fatty liver by up to 29 per cent.

Look out for the symptoms of fatty liver disease

Often, fatty liver disease, which occurs due to build-up of too much fat in the liver, do not show symptoms until it gets worse and progresses to cirrhosis. Symptoms, if you experience, may include:

• Feeling of fullness
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Loss of appetite
• Wight loss
• Yellowish skin (jaundice)
• Swollen abdomen and legs (edema)
• Extreme tiredness or mental confusion
• Weakness

Health effects of poor sleep

Apart from eating well and exercise regularly, you need to get at least seven hours of sleep every night. Lack of sleep could affect your health in many ways. If you don't get enough night-time sleep:

• You may feel very sleepy and tired during the day
• It can make you feel moody
• Reduce your ability to think and remember and stay alert
• Lack of sleep can make you feel drowsy, which can increase risk of accidents if you're.

Chronic sleep deprivation is associated with some serious health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, stroke, depression, and weak immune system function.

Poor sleep can also affect your skin, and lead to premature wrinkling, dark circles, etc.  

 

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New guidelines for coronavirus mild-symptom patients at home

The Union Health Ministry has come up with guidelines for home isolation of people who either have very mild coronavirus symptoms or are in the pre-symptomatic phase. At present in India all suspected cases are quarantined in a hospital setting.

“As per existing guidelines, during the containment phase, the patients should be clinically assigned as very mild/mild, moderate or severe and accordingly admitted to COVID Care Centre, Dedicated COVID Health Centre or Dedicated COVID Hospital, respectively," the ministry said in its new guidelines.

“However, very mild/pre-symptomatic patients having the requisite facility at his/her residence for self-isolation will have the option for home isolation," it said.

Who is eligible for home isolation?

1) The person should be clinically assigned as a "very mild case/ pre-symptomatic" case by a doctor.

2) Such cases should have the requisite facilities at their residence for self-isolation and also for quarantining their family contacts.

3) A caregiver should be available 24x7 to care for the patient. A communication link between the caregiver and hospital is a pre-requisite for the entire duration of home isolation.

4)The caregiver and all close contacts of such cases should take hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis as per protocol and as prescribed by the treating medical officer.

5) Download government's Arogya Setu app on mobile phones. The app should stay active at all times through bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

6)The patient should agree to monitor his or her health and regularly give an update on their health status to the District Surveillance Officer for further follow-up by the surveillance teams.

7) The patient has to fill in an undertaking on self-isolation and must follow home quarantine guidelines.

When should patient seek medical attention?
-Difficulty in breathing

-Persistent pain/pressure in the chest

-Mental confusion or inability to arouse

-Developing bluish discolorations of lips/face
-As advised by treating medical officer

When to discontinue home isolation?

Patients under home isolation can end home isolation if their symptoms are clinically resolved and the surveillance medical officer certifies him or her to be free of infection after laboratory testing.

Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases in India increased to 29,435. The death toll went up to 934, according to the data released by the Union Health Ministry. India is under an extended lockdown till 3 May to mitigate the transmission of the novel virus.

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