Michael J. Raggio, MD, FCCP, Discusses Healthy Sleep Patterns
Michael J. Raggio, MD, FCCP, a physician with Hattiesburg Clinic Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and The Center for Sleep Medicine, recently spoke with WDAM about the challenges of maintaining healthy sleep patterns, especially during the summer.
Dr. Raggio explained that higher temperatures can interfere with our ability to cool down at night, leading to fragmented sleep. “Part of the circadian rhythm in sleep is actually lowering your core body temperature as we go to sleep,” Raggio said. “When the environmental temperatures are higher, our ability to lower our temperature is impaired, and it fragments sleep.”
He also pointed out that artificial light from cell phones and other brightly lit devices can further disrupt sleep by affecting how the body perceives time and its environment. “A lot of data now tells us that the devices we have, that blue light that comes in, disrupts and fragments our sleep,” Raggio noted.
Follow the link to read the full interview: https://www.wdam.com/2024/08/08/summertime-patterns-can-affect-sleep-rhythms-experts-say/
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About Hattiesburg Clinic Pulmonary Medicine:
Hattiesburg Clinic Pulmonary Medicine provides prevention, diagnosis, treatment, critical care and rehabilitation of respiratory disorders in the adult patient, including COPD. This includes the diagnosis and management of interstitial lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infectious lung disease and occupational lung disease, the treatment of drug-related pulmonary disorders and the diagnosis of carcinoma in suspected patients.
About Hattiesburg Clinic The Center for Sleep Medicine:
Hattiesburg Clinic The Center for Sleep Medicine treats patients 18 years of age and older on an individual basis. Patients need a healthcare provider’s referral. Accreditation standard requires that a sleep-relevant history and physical be obtained and reviewed prior to any laboratory examinations.
The sleep study rooms within the center’s laboratory are designed for the comfort of patients and are similar to hotel rooms in decor. The lab is also equipped with the latest technology available for observing patients with sleep disorders.
About Hattiesburg Clinic:
Hattiesburg Clinic is Mississippi’s largest privately-owned, multispecialty clinic. More than 60 years after its beginning, the clinic has grown to over 450 physicians and providers, caring for patients in more than 17 counties in South Mississippi. Along with over 2,500 professional staff employees, these physicians and providers come together for a common purpose, to serve the over 500,000 community members who live and work in South Mississippi every day.
