Can sleeping late cause heart problem?

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I have read your query and am sorry for such discomfort.

Inadequate sleep and untimely pattern of sleep has health consequences on our various body systems when done chronically. Sleep powers the mind, restores the body and fortifies virtually every system in the body. Sleep guidelines advise for healthy adults is between seven and nine hours of sleep per night, and the pattern of sleep is also very important. If you can get sleep of recommended duration and sound sleep without any break, it will not affect your health. Individual who is sleeping daily at a scheduled time with ease and minimum recommended duration according to the body's need and depending upon the health condition of the concerned individual; such person would remain unaffected by the sleep-related health conditions. A person who is sleeping less than recommended hours is associated with health conditions like an increase in blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, heart attack, etc., but such a sleeping problem is not the only factor that would result in the above-mentioned condition instead if there is associated other risk for CAD (coronary heart disease) then sleeping problem would aggravate or add on such risk factor. This I have guided above about general knowledge of sleep and how it is associated with health conditions. You have mentioned that you sleep late at night, and there is a problem getting rest, and you worry a lot about it. Please answer the following questions.

1) Are you getting normal duration sleep?

2) Is sleeping late at night is normal for you, or is it a recent change in your lifestyle?

3)Are you facing any psychological worries recently?

Q) Do you have any risk factors for CAD?

First of all, if you adapt to this timing of sleep and take seven hours of sound sleep and good sleep hygiene, you should not worry about it. But if there are irregularities in the sleep timing and breakup in the sleep cycle, I would suggest practicing sleep hygiene and making sleep proper, adequate, and healthy. Diphenhydramine is a first-generation antihistamine, and sedation is one of the side effects. Therefore, I will not recommend continuing such medicine if you have trouble getting sleep. Please visit a local doctor to address if there is a problem in initiating sleep, and please reply to the above questions to guide you further and better.

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HI,

Welcome back to icliniq.com.

I hope my last reply helped you answer your doubt regarding sleep and the health issues associated with it. I have asked a few follow-up questions in the above chat, and if you think it is necessary to address do reply to me accordingly.

I guess you are asking about COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). In the query, you mentioned that the lady was giving him food through the window, and their interaction was transient or brief. The window acts as an obstruction or hindrance to the droplet transmission compared to open-air talk. The second thing I probably hope the lady would have to wear the mask herself as she is delivering food to the buyer. According to the transmission dynamics of COVID-19, the mode of transmission of COVID-19 includes:

1) Droplet transmission, which is limited to about six feet distance between the source and host.

2) Fomite transmission.

3) Airborne - transmission.

So I think your husband is not infected in the above scenario. At home, you first wash your hands which is one of the COVID appropriate behavior to be done constantly. Then you touched the outside nose with toilet paper (I can safely assume that the toilet paper at your home is clean and not touched with dirty, uncleaned, and unwashed hands). Considering this, you are not at risk of exposure from the above act and safe from the husband in terms of getting sick from him. I want to remind here about appropriate covid behavior that please mask up whenever you step outside, wash your hands frequently (and definitely after returning from outside to home). Maintain hand hygiene, physical and social distancing, and avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands after touching any suspected contaminated objects. One more thing, do not worry much. Try to follow the above COVID appropriate behavior whenever possible, and this would be enough to prevent catching any infection.

Please follow-up if you have any other health-related queries, and I will try my best to guide you better.

Thanks.