Sleep and Fatigue in Patients With Liver Complications
5 Pages Posted: 9 Apr 2020
Date Written: November 29, 2019
Abstract
Liver complications are very common in the present world and the most concerned issue faced by modern life style is sleep disorders and fatigue, which affects the quality of living and also increases the mortality. There are various factors that causes sleeplessness and fatigue which can be due to unhealthy life style or a medical (diseased) condition. Similarly, there are various signs and symptoms due to various liver impairment issues but among them the commonly reported are sleep and fatigue issues by patients irrespective of the type of liver disorder. Here we are drawing the relationship between liver complications with sleep and fatigue. Various statistical data stands as a strong evidence for increased mortality rate among people who are face sleep disorders. Lack of sleep or excessive fatigue can tremendously affect the personal and social life of an individual, which can give rise to psychological problems like suicidal tendency, depression and many more. The coexistence of liver disorders with sleep and fatigue can increase the mortality by many folds. Sleeplessness, insomnia, difficulty in falling asleep, poor- quality of sleep during the night-time and day-time sleepiness with increases drowsiness are the most commonly reported by the patients with impaired liver functions.
Keywords: liver complication, sleep disorder, fatigue
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