Strange Side Effects Of Being Overweight

Being fat makes you prone to various diseases. Heart attacks, high blood pressure and shortness of breath are some of the side effects of being overweight. But these are common causes and disadvantages of obesity. There are some effects of obesity that we still don't know about. These are the unusual side effects of being overweight.

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For example, did you ever think that being obese could actually deprive you of sleep? But it is a fact. Besides, obesity also make you age faster and increases your chances of developing a number of cancers drastically. The problems of overweight people do not end with their physical appearance. The health impacts of obesity are actually very scary.

The side effects of being overweight extend to almost every aspect of one's life. From your sleep down to your very act of breathing is affected by your extra pounds. Boldsky has listed some very strange causes and disadvantages of obesity for you. If you are overweight, check to see if you too are experiencing these symptoms.

Sleeplessness

Sleep apnoea is a condition in which your nasal passage becomes blocked while sleeping. This is condition that doesn't allow you to sleep and is very common among obese people.

Snoring

Sleep apnoea also results in loud snoring due to the nasal blockage. This again is related to the problems of being overweight.

Quick Ageing

Research suggests that obesity may accelerate the ageing process much more than smoking. Obesity like smoking causes oxidative damage to the adipose tissues of the body.

Cataracts

Cataracts are more common among obese people. This could be because being overweight reduces the antioxidant levels in the blood.

Digestive Problems

When you are overweight, the balance of good bacteria in the stomach is disturbed and thus, chronic acidity and indigestion is the result.

Hernias

After a surgery, obese people always have a greater risk of developing hernias or extra mass of flesh that protrudes from the surgical wound. This is because the several layers of fat take lot of time to heal.

Enlarged Prostate

When you have too many extra pounds weighing down on your prostate gland, you may end up with an enlarged prostate. The risk of prostate cancer among obese men is also very high.

Learning Difficulties

Childhood obesity is invariably linked with ADHD (attention deficit and hyper activity) and learning disabilities. This is due to the imbalance of hormones in obese children.

Less Immunity

People who are overweight show signs of weak immunity in their bodies as well. The reason for this is not yet known but medical experts think that weakened immunity could have something to do with the damage to adipose tissues of the body.

Asthma

Being overweight always worsens your asthma. However, obese people also suffer from breathlessness that could become chronic asthma.

Gout

Gout is caused by excessive uric acid that comes from the breakdown of tissues. Needless to say that obese people have more tissues in their body to break up. Thus, overweight people are prone to gout at younger ages.

Erectile Dysfunction

Obesity increases your chances of being diabetic, having high blood cholesterol and enlarged prostate gland. All these symptoms in turn make you prone to erectile dysfunction.