Influence of chronotype on intensity of meteopathic reactions in young people
Date
2018-09-30
Authors
Isaieva, Inna
Karmazina, Iryna
Marakushyn, Dmytro
Hloba, Nataliia
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Abstract
The article features the influence of chronotype on intensity of meteopathic reactions in medical students. Importance of chronotypes and biological rhythms and their influence on human organism is pointed out. The stages of biological rhythms study are mentioned. The problem of weather sensitivity, its peculiarities, manifestations and risk factors are noted. Research of interrelation of meteopathic reactions and chronotype in young people on example of medical students is presented. research showing that meteosensitivity level depends on person’s individual chronotype. People with mixed chronotype showed average ability to adapt to weather changes with insignificant physiological and psychic state variations. Greater disposition to health changes was determined in young women in comparison with young men. People with moderately morning chronotype showed the minimal level of metheopathic reactions that can be explained by greater stability to stress. Necessity of continuation of research of chronotypes and weather sensitivity relations is proved.
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Influence of changes of weather conditions on human body may greatly change its functioning. Those changes may start from insignificant mood variations and result in serious disorders of nervous, cardiovascular, digestive and other visceral systems. The number and intensity of manifestation of meteopathic reactions depend on various factors including age, gender, style of life, peculiarities of nutrition, availability of chronic diseases, etc. Current research showed that meteosensitivity level also depends on person’s individual chronotype. Mixed chronotype provides average ability to adapt to weather changes, thus both physiological and psychic state vary within the average level. However, young women have greater disposition to health changes. The minimal level of metheopathic reactions was determined in people with moderately morning chronotype, that can be explained by greater stability to stress. Research of chronotypes and weather sensitivity should be continued aiming to explain all possible mechanisms of their influence on human body functioning that are still not fully known.
Keywords
chronotype, biological rhythms, meteopathic reactions, meteopathy, weather sensitivity, medical students
Citation
Influence of chronotype on intensity of meteopathic reactions in young people / I. M. Isaeva, I. S. Karmazina, D. S. Marakushin, N. S. Hloba // International Trends in Science and Technology : Proceedings of the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference, Warsaw, Poland, September 30, 2018 / RS Global Sp.z O.O. – Warsaw, 2018. – Vol. 3. – Р. 38–40.