Role of sleep Deprivation in the Quality of Life of College going students with Gastro Esophageal Reflex Disease and their Homoeopathic Management

Abstract

There is a prevalence of Sleep deprivation and late night sleeping among the student population. •Gastro esophageal reflux disease is also found to be present in a large percentage among the student population. •The severity of GERD gradually increases on disruptingthe normal physiological sleep. •With regards to the GERD symptoms, the ideal time of sleeping is found to be before 9PM and the ideal number of hours of sleep has found to be 7 hours of sleep at night. •The morning state and the day state of the student has a correlation with the quantity and the quality of the previous night sleep. •The homoeopathic medicines that were found to be effective in treating this disease condition are Lycopodium, Arsenicum album, Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Veratrum album, Belladonna, Calcarea carbonica, Sanguinaria, Bryonia, Sepia, Sulphur and Antimonium tartaricum .•Sleep deprivation and Chronodisruptionis a maintaining cause of the chronic disease of GERD and when removed from the system it produces an improvement in the susceptibility to health.