Don’t let your child lose sleep for exams

If you let your child stay awake through the night preparing for exams, here’s why you should not: Amit Jha, a 17-year old ISC student developed high blood pressure and collapsed in his exam hall on Tuesday at the Kandivli-based Gundecha Academy after having deprived himself of sleep for 48 hours.

If you let your child stay awake through the night preparing for exams, here’s why you should not: Amit Jha, a 17-year old ISC student developed high blood pressure and collapsed in his exam hall on Tuesday at the Kandivli-based Gundecha Academy after having deprived himself of sleep for 48 hours.

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Fifteen minutes into the maths paper, the teenager started shivering, feeling dizzy, getting stomach cramps and throwing up. The school’s medical attendant found that his BP was 160/110.

School authorities helped him relax through yoga and got him to take a nap. Jha said he was nervous about the maths paper.

Doctors warn parents that sacrificing sleep is dangerous. “It escalates depression, can result in short-term memory loss and blank spells,” said psychiatrist Vijay Jamsandekar.

Jha was given extra time and completed his paper.