Biological Rhythms, Disorders and their Energetic : A Review

Abstract

Body rhythms are recurring molecular, hormonal, or psychological phenomena that occur in all living organisms. There are five types of body rhythms such as diurnal, circadian, ultradian, infradian, and circannual rhythms. The present review aims to discuss body rhythms, body rhythms disorders, and their energetics. Diurnal rhythms occur during the day and in resting, or inactivity at night, circadian rhythms complete one cycle in 24 hours and known as midday activity, ultradian are recurrent or repeated cycle in 24 hours, infradian rhythms complete one cycle more than one day, and circannual rhythms complete their cycle in 24 hours or one year. Body rhythms are following disorders like delayed sleep phase syndrome, altered Sleep, phase Shift Work Dysfunction, and circadian rhythm nap defects. Body rhythm control stress, lighten body load, exercise, avoid smoking, restrict sleeping, avoid napping during the day, provide energy for eating, and limit alcohol consumption. Body rhythms play an important role to regulate the body, while disturbance in body rhythms leads to several disorders.