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Substantial drinking makes people sleep much more deeply, similar to severe sleep deprivation. (Someone who just pulled 2 all-nighters in a row should also prob
by jacobolus 8y ago
Substantial drinking makes people sleep much more deeply, similar to severe sleep deprivation. (Someone who just pulled 2 all-nighters in a row should also probably not co-sleep with an infant.)
For example, people who fall asleep with their arm draped over the back of a chair, and remain asleep even though their nerve is pinched, can end up with severe damage to the radial nerve, in some cases requiring months for the nerve to heal. This gets the name “saturday night palsy” because of the association with alcohol use: the pain would ordinarily cause a sober and well rested person to wake up and shift around.
Basically, someone who is substantially drunk has a much higher chance of rolling over and crushing the infant without waking up. We’re talking about getting very drunk here though, not sipping a glass of wine with dinner.
- pavel_lishin 8y ago> (Someone who just pulled 2 all-nighters in a row should also probably not co-sleep with an infant.) Which is a cruel irony, given some infants' sleep habits - or lack thereof.
- joshschreuder 8y agoThat is quite intuitive. What is the explanation for smokers though? As far as I’m aware there is no or limited impact on sleep for smokers, at least not in making sleep more deep (otherwise I suspect we may see more smokers!)
- szemet 8y agoI've found this: http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=18903 http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=18903 "babies who sleep with smoker parents suffer from ‘third hand smoke', in other words, the harmful smoke particles that impregnate their parents' skin, clothes and hair"