Long COVID-19 may cause insomnia, resistant to treatment 02:19. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- March 17 is World Sleep Day. To underscore the importance of sleep and help those with serious sleep problems.

“During heart failure, there’s an autonomic imbalance – there’s too much sympathetic output, and that, over time, will cause the heart to fail,” said Beaumont, who also serves as ...

To enhance parasympathetic tone and reduce sympathetic activity in cases of autonomic imbalance, deep breathing exercises (e.g., diaphragmatic or 4-7-8 breathing) can activate the vagus nerve ...

For those with long COVID, he says insomnia is often related to pain and is resistant to treatment. "Pain, which can occur at night as well, and a lot of autonomic imbalance, autonomic impairment ...

In a subgroup of patients without a CVD history, overwork was associated with a 2.5 times increased risk of CV events and autonomic imbalance was associated with a significant twofold increased ...

Low HRV reflects autonomic imbalance, ... 'The autonomic nervous system is highly plastic, meaning there are interventions that can actively enhance autonomic health,' says Dr Burchi.