My Surgical Treatment Recommendations for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Why Women Need Better Sleep:

There is a lot of speculation on how much sleep people need, and it seems to me each new article written on sleep needs suggests greater amounts in contrast to what we actually find with the body's natural tendency for sleep in the older individual; i.e. older folks, particularly retirees, tend to really not need as much sleep and thus they are always complaining about awakening early in the morning.  Why not?  They are not worn out and their bodies may not need as much time to refresh themselves.  There is probably a greater individual variation in the need for sleep than a blanket statement for everyone needing such huge amounts of sleep.  Beyond a certain limit, however, the overwhelming majority of the people would feel sleep-deprived.  One way or another, carpal tunnel syndrome and other illnesses which cause pain or sensory disturbances at night and thus interrupt a person's sleep, particularly when it is more than one time, can be very disruptive.  This may result in mood disturbance or in fact frank personality changes, poor attention span, nodding off to sleep at inappropriate times such as while driving, or trying to work, or even interview someone.  It may make it hard for a person to concentrate.  On page 64 of Time magazine, March 31, 2008 issue, an article appeared written by Alice Park, which references Edward Suarez at Duke University with regard to studying 210 healthy men and women and suggests that poor sleep in women is linked to higher levels of fasting insulin, higher rates of insulin resistance in being overweight, with resultant increased risk factor for type II diabetes (adult-onset) because the body fails to break down sugar properly, insulin levels remain high instead of peaking only after meals, and increased risk factors for heart disease, which sounds to me very vague as it was presented. 

Women are twice as likely as men to present with carpal tunnel syndrome and with about 1 out of 6 adults ultimately presenting with carpal tunnel syndrome, I believe this is probably the most common cause of sleep disturbance encountering modern life.  Anyone complaining of sleep disturbance should be questioned about the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome and the significance of sleep interruption resulting from carpal tunnel syndrome should not be minimized.  This report is another good reason to try and improve peoples' sleep by eliminating carpal tunnel syndrome.  Lethargy resulting in a person falling asleep while driving resulting in auto accidents is reported to cause over a million auto accidents per year in the United States.  Thus, anything we can do to improve the quality of sleep may be very important to our overall functioning in terms of productivity and the safety and comfort of our lifestyles.