Can a baby aspirin help your body calm down after a bad night's sleep?
The Effect of Low-Dose Acetylsalicylic Acid on Cellular Immune Responses to Experimental Sleep Restriction in Healthy Humans
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When people sleep too little, their immune system gets stirred up like a shaken soda can. This study tested if taking a tiny daily aspirin helps calm that reaction.
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
When people sleep too little, their immune system gets stirred up like a shaken soda can. This study tested if taking a tiny daily aspirin helps calm that reaction.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 567 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
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Engert LC, Dang R, Chatterton B, Daniel S, Mullington JM, Haack M
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When people are deprived of sleep for five nights and then allowed two nights to recover, taking 81 mg of aspirin daily prevents white blood cell counts from returning to normal levels, while those taking a placebo show normalization.
When healthy adults sleep only four hours per night for five nights, their blood shows higher levels of eosinophils, basophils, and CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio compared to when they sleep normally.
Taking 81 mg of aspirin daily for two weeks before sleep loss does not change baseline immune cell counts in healthy adults, and any immune changes from aspirin only happen during sleep deprivation.
In healthy adults deprived of sleep for five nights, taking 81 mg of aspirin daily reduces the rise in certain white blood cells and lowers the CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio compared to taking no medication.
People who get too little sleep experience slower recovery from physical stress and worse symptoms of autoimmune disease.