Insomnia is a condition that is characterized by a person’s lack of sleep. Anybody can get insomnia, even children. The concept of this sleep disorder is that the person affected by it has a difficult time achieving sleep and keeping asleep. There are physical causes of insomnia as well as psychological causes of this disorder. There are a variety of physical agents with separate determinants that are responsible for insomnia.

The overall condition of the body will govern the physical causes of this sleep disorder. The state of the body can be susceptible to a lot of things and diseases, conditions and disorders are just a few of these things. It is believed that women are more inclined, than men, to experience the physical elements of insomnia. The monthly hormonal shifts in women is a major factor in their susceptibility to insomnia. The menstrual cycle of women is one of the physical causes of insomnia in women everywhere. Insomnia can be experienced as a symptom of pregnancy at the point that gestation occurs. It is clear that hormones are a key player in the physical elements that provoke insomnia. 

Another one of the causes of insomnia in adults is age. It is not actually age per say that causes insomnia but instead it is the reduction of the chemical melatonin as humans grow older. The reduction of the chemical melatonin (which is supposed to help induce sleep) causes less sleep in many older people as well as some difficulty in achieving sleep. 

Other certain diseases, like heart disease, hyperthyroidism and arthritis can be physical causes of insomnia in people who suffer from these diseases. Insomnia is a known symptom of a variety of diseases, so reporting when your sleep problems occurred and the duration of your insomnia to your physician is an important diagnostic tool. Injuries and bodily harm can also be the physical causes of insomnia for some people. The pain and discomfort that injured people feel when they try to sleep can keep them awake for some time as well as interrupt their sleep.

These physical causes of insomnia have very basic resolutions. The main thing is to solve the physical problem that is causing the underlying cause of insomnia in order to resolve the result, which is insomnia. You will find that medication and therapy can go a long way in resolving these physical causes.