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Insomnia Medical Author: Siamak Nabili, MD, MPH Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD What is insomnia? What causes insomnia? What are other causes of insomnia? What are the risk factors for insomnia? What are the symptoms of insomnia? When should I call the doctor about insomnia? How is insomnia diagnosed? How is insomnia treated? What [...]

Signs and symptoms of sleep apnea Mark’s struggle with Sleep Apnea Mark’s snoring always disrupted his wife Susan’s sleep, but she became worried when she noticed that he seemed to stop breathing periodically at night, and wake up gasping for breath, only to fall back asleep and start the process again. Mark occasionally remembered waking [...]

Sleep: Understanding the Basics (cont.) Importance of Sleep Animal studies have shown that sleep is necessary for survival. The normal life span of rats is 2-3 years. However, rats deprived of sleep live for only about 3 weeks. They also develop abnormally low body temperatures and sores on their tails and paws. The sores probably [...]

Sleep Apnea (cont.) What is central sleep apnea and what causes it? Central sleep apnea (CSA) occurs when the brain does not send the signal to breathe to the muscles of breathing. This usually occurs in infants or in adults with heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, or congenital diseases, but it also can be caused by [...]

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common problem in children, and is increasing being recognized as a cause of daytime attentional and behavioral problems. Unlike adults with sleep apnea, who are often overweight and frequently wake up at night, children with OSA are more difficult to recognize and diagnose. Symptoms Although snoring is a [...]

Learn the hallmarks and causes of insomnia. Learn about sleep apnea’s types, risk factors, and dangers. WebMD explores sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis occurs when a person’s mind is conscious and aware but the body is unable to move. WebMD looks at hypersomnia, in which a person has trouble staying awake during the day. WebMD looks [...]

More Sleeping Disorders Treatments | FAQ’s What are Sleeping Disorders? They say all you need is a good nights sleep to tide over your woes. But what happens when sleep is distorted? Believe it or not, the lack of sleep, or excessive sleep, can derail your entire life. Such disruptions in regular sleeping patterns are [...]

In anger I threw my pager across the on-call room, slamming it against the wall. I don’t anger easily or often, but I was a pediatric resident who had been awake for 36 hours. The pager had gone off one time too many. Sleep deprivation had changed me from a calm, caring person into an [...]

Jessica was three years old before she slept through the night. Her exhausted parents eventually moved his playpen into their bedroom so their nocturnally hyperactive daughter could entertain himself without climbing on the kitchen cabinets while they slept. Problem-sleepers like Jessica have a much greater chance of having ADHD, according to a team of researchers [...]

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder REM Sleep Disorder Overview Normal sleep has 2 distinct states: non–rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (see Sleep: Understanding the Basics for details of various stages of sleep). NREM sleep is divided into 4 stages. During REM sleep, rapid eye movements occur, breathing becomes irregular, blood pressure [...]