Nov 22, 2024
TOI Lifestyle Desk
Common Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders are conditions that disrupt normal sleep routines, affecting the quality, duration, or timing of sleep.
Sleep apnea disorder
Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder which occurs in repetitive pauses in breathing, and periods of shallow breathing during sleep resulting in poor ventilation and sleep disruption.
REM sleep behaviour disorder
Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder or REM sleep behaviour disorder is a sleep disorder in which people act out their dreams and often violently.
Nightmare disorder
Nightmare disorder is a sleep disorder indicated by repeated intense nightmares that most often centre on threats, safety and security.
Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI)
It is a rare genetic condition causing progressive insomnia, leading to severe physical and mental decline and eventually death.
Sexsomnia
In this condition, individuals experience sexual activities like touching, moaning, or intercourse while asleep, with no memory of the event.
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Exploding head syndrome
It is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up.
Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder
Thisis normally found in blind individuals, it disrupts the body’s internal clock, leading to irregular sleep patterns over a 24-hour cycle.
Idiopathic hypersomnia
It is a neurological disorder which is described primarily by excessive sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness.
Sleep eating disorder
It is characterized by episodes of eating while in a state of partial wakefulness, often with little to no memory of the event the next morning.
Sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis is a state were a person is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis.
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