Hyderabad neurologist’s post on importance of sleep goes viral
A prominent neurologist from hyderabad has made news with a warning on sleep. Dr. Sudhir Kumar of Apollo Hospitals emphadata-sizes the importance of sleep for our health. He claims that missing even one hour of sleep may have a significant impact, and it might take days to recover fully. This has sparked a discussion over how much sleep we truly require to remain healthy.
The post on X went viral with over 86.6K views, 695 likes and 146 reposts with many sharing their relationship with sleep. To a follow-up question of whether sleeping during the day can compensate for lost sleep in the night, Dr Sudhir replied: ‘Absolutely.’
“Absolutely. Sleeping for 7-9 hours at night in one go is the best option. However, if someone can’t get the entire quota of sleep at night, he/she could compensate for the deficit in sleep by sleeping during daytime (second best option),” he replied.
“Absolutely. Sleeping for 7-9 hours at night in one go is the best option. However, if someone can’t get the entire quota of sleep at night, he/she could compensate for the deficit in sleep by sleeping during daytime (second best option),” he replied.
One more X user asked the doctor about necessary hours of sleep required for a healthy life and, he replied.
To one more question on school-going children struggling to sleep, he replied:
“Yes, they lose sleep on account of two reasons: 1. Use of gadgets in late evenings, 2. They need to wake up early to catch school bus.”
“Yes, they lose sleep on account of two reasons: 1. Use of gadgets in late evenings, 2. They need to wake up early to catch school bus.”