The performance of Euro 2012 just ended and left sleepiness for those who watch the final fight but had to get up early the next morning . For people who like to stay up late and sleep less than 8 hours at night , symptoms of sleep deprivation ready lurk . According to the scientists , the effects of sleep deprivation are similar to the adverse effects of stress .
periences stress , the immune system turns out to respond in the same way as happens when people lack of sleep . To understand the impact of sleep deprivation and how it reacts to the body , the researchers compared the white blood cells of people who regularly sleep for 8 hours with people who sleep less than 8 hours of sleep or less well known .
In this study , researchers recruited 15 participants . All of the participants were asked to sleep for 8 hours at night . In order for the body to work in perfect condition , participants were asked to spend 15 minutes time out every 90 minutes when the room during the day. Participants were also asked to abstain from alcohol , caffeine and drugs .
At the next session , the participants were asked to stay awake for 29 hours . Blood samples were then taken at each stage . The researchers found that the white blood cells in the blood are increased in number during the phase of sleep deprivation .
" Granulocytes reacted immediately when the body experiences the symptoms of sleep deprivation and directly resembles the body's response when under stress , " said Katrin Ackermann , a postdoctoral researcher at Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands as reported by Medical Daily .
Ackerman hopes , subsequent research in the future will find the molecular mechanism behind this stress response and explain its role in the development of diseases associated with chronic sleep deprivation symptoms . Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that nearly a third of Americans experience sleep deprivation .
Lack of sleep itself known to be associated with an increased risk of stroke , cancer and obesity . People who often lack of sleep or disturbed biological clock generally have worse health conditions than people who sleep normal hours .
" If confirmed with more data , this finding will have implications in clinical practice and professions related to lack of sleep in a long time , for example in people who often work the night shift , " said Ackermann .
