A doctor reveals the dangers of lack of sleep after the age of forty.

The doctor adds that physical and psychological fatigue accumulates with age, making recovery take longer. Chronic stress plays a major role as it gradually exhausts the nervous system and increases the brain’s need for more time to sleep and recover. He points out that hormone levels change after forty, including melatonin and other hormones that affect sleep-wake cycles.

He confirms that chronic diseases, especially those related to the heart, blood vessels, and endocrine glands, contribute to poor sleep quality, depth, and cycle disturbances. Also, reduced physical activity after forty, often due to increased fatigue and exhaustion, decreases the effectiveness of recovery processes in the body.

Dr. Smirnov advises everyone, men and women, to undergo regular health check-ups after forty to systematically monitor their health, which helps in early detection of risk factors for diseases and prevention.

He emphasizes the necessity of consulting a specialist doctor when any sleep problems appear, conducting sleep studies to identify disorders, and then prescribing appropriate treatment based on the results.