Penyakit Dengan Sakit Kronis Menyeburuk Pada Malam Hari, Here's Menurut Penelitian

Illustration of disease with pain gets worse at night (Freepik/Prostoleh)

YOGYAKARTA When you are experiencing a disease with chronic pain, the pain may fluctuate. Sometimes it feels very painful but then it disappears and can fall asleep. But according to research, it turns out that in some cases, pain sufferers will be felt very much at night.

Launching Harvard Health, Thursday, January 26, chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts for at least two to three months. Sometimes due to certain conditions it will recover longer than injury. Pain can sometimes be a permanent problem that attacks certain joints or muscles in certain parts of the body such as the neck and back. This persistent pain, perhaps more spreads to people with joint inflammation or fibromyalgia.

Symptoms of the severity of chronic pain vary widely. It can be in the form of blunt, pungent, or burning. In addition to feeling a feeling like being stabbed, such as being hit by an electrical flow, a sensation of chills, or numbness.

The reason why pain is increasingly felt at night, the main factor is the hormone. According to Ellen Slawsby's explanation, director of pain services at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, at night the production of anti-inflammatory hormones or cortisol is at its lowest point. Recent research also shows that pain can follow the rhythm of sirkadian. The body's internal clock that regulates this sleep-building cycle, affects the sharpness of pain at night.

The two reasons above explain why some people regularly experience higher levels of pain at certain times, such as at night. Based on scientific evidence, low-level chronic inflammation can be a secret killer that contributes to cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and other conditions.

Although night's pain is no better at other times, it can still interfere with a person's sleep experiencing it. Lack of sleep also affects a person in managing pain. The problem then rotates, as lack of sleep often occurs in people with chronic pain. At least according to research report data, 50 percent of people with insomnia suffer from chronic pain.

Insomnia can cause sleep loss, which increases the release of a protein called cytokine and engages in the body's inflammatory response. This makes people more sensitive to pain," explains Slawsby.

For those of you who experience chronic pain, there are a number of tips that need to be done to help you sleep well. First, do a routine relaxation before bed, such as taking a warm bath, some yoga movements, deep breathing exercises. The second tip is to create a healthy sleep environment and make sure the temperature of the bed is ideal.

Third, frame your mind and stay calm without worry or anxiety when the pain will come and disappear. Some things may help, for example listening to soft music, reading, calculating your breath to relax your body.