Kukhona abanikazi bezinja abanqena ukuthi isilwane sabo silale emakamelweni abo okulala. Ngoba abangani abanemilenze emine bangaphazamisa ubuthongo, ngakho ukukhathazeka okwandile. Kodwa-ke, odokotela bokulala e-US Mayo Sleep Clinic e-Arizona bafinyelela isiphetho esihluke ngokuyisisekelo ocwaningweni: Ngokwalokhu, ukuba khona kwenja ekamelweni kungaba nomthelela omuhle ebuthongweni bomnikazi.
“Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi izilwane ezifuywayo ziwumthombo wokuphazamiseka ekamelweni,” kusho uchwepheshe wemithi yokulala nomholi wocwaningo uDkt. Lois Krahn. “Nokho, sithole ukuthi abantu abaningi bazizwa belondekile futhi belondekile lapho belala ekamelweni elilodwa nezilwane zabo,” usho kanje ocwaningweni lwakhe. "Lokho-ke kukhuthaza ukulala."
UKrahn nozakwabo bacwaninga ngokulala kwabantu abadala abangu-40 abanempilo ngaphandle kokuqwasha nezinja zabo ezinyangeni ezinhlanu. Isonto lonke, izihloko zokuhlolwa zazigqoka izinzwa ezikhethekile abacwaningi ababezisebenzisa ukuze baqaphe izinga lokulala kwabo. Ngale ndlela, ososayensi bathola ukuthi abanye abantu balala kangcono lapho inja yabo isegunjini elilodwa kunalapho isilwane silala kwenye indawo. Okutholakele kushicilelwe kumagazini i-Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Ekamelweni elilodwa yebo, embhedeni owodwa cha
Nokho, uma inja ikhasela embhedeni, ukuthula kuphelile. Ngokocwaningo, ukugona izilwane embhedeni ebusuku kuphazamisa izinga lokulala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unjani, u-Krahn unethemba ngemiphumela yocwaningo lwakhe: “Namuhla, abanikazi bezilwane eziningi abazifuyile isikhathi esiningi sosuku, ngakho bafuna ukwandisa isikhathi sabo nazo lapho besekhaya. Ukuba nazo ekamelweni ebusuku kuyindlela elula yokwenza lokho. Manje abanikazi bezilwane bangaphumula kalula bazi ukuthi ngeke kuphazamise ukulala kwabo.”