If our immune system works best when sleeping, would we get over illnesses faster if we took sleeping pills and slept for three days straight rather than taking it medications? Assuming you stayed hydrated, what would be the downside to “sleep therapy?” It would even slow the spread of illnesses if people just slept for days when they started feeling ill. What is the upside to medicating (medications ranging from cold medicines and fever reducers to antibiotics)?
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1. Most people have daily obligations that they must tend to and can’t simply go to sleep for 3 days.
2. Magic pills that magic you sleep for 3 days don’t exist.
3. Sleeping for long periods of time would be detrimental to your overall health. Hydration would require IV, you still have bodily functions that need to be performed, and you risk the development of bed sores. Basically you’d need full-time nursing staff to take care of you while you’re asleep. A bit of overkill for dealing with the common cold.
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