Dangers of sleep deprivation. It is thought that people who have short-term sleep deprivation are not able to process glucose as those to get eight hours of sleep. Those that suffer from sleep deprivation have an increased risk of developing type II diabetes. A study was completed in 2005 on rats that were deprived of sleep. This was a test to see if the rat’s healing ability would be affected by the lack of sleep. There were no changes in the healing ability of the rats. A study in 2000 monitored the activity of the brain during a sleep-deprived state. They showed that the cognitive and brain function was affected by not getting any sleep.
