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Sleep Disorders Health Article

Taking An Inventory of Your Sleep Habits
Discussing Sleep Problems With Your Doctor
Getting the Family into a Back-to-School Sleep Routine
When Trauma Strikes and Sleep is Lost
Why Can't You Sleep Like a Baby?
Staying Healthy Through Stress Reduction
What is Narcolepsy?
Cancer and Cancer Treatment: Can it Affect Sleep?
What Can You Do About Insomnia?
Paying the Price of a Poor Night's Sleep
Gaining Control Over Sleep Problems
When Worries Surface at Night: Sleep and Anxiety
Why Can't You Sleep?: Understanding Sleep Problems
Late-life Sleep Problems: What's Normal?
The Link Between Sleep and Depression
Can Poor Sleep Affect Your Weight?
Effects of Menopause on Sleep
Sleep and Heart Disease: What's the Link?
Secrets of the Bedroom: What Happens When You Sleep?
The Effect of Poor Sleep on Health
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Sleep Disorders

Problems involving disruption in sleep pattern or inability to sleep.

Sleep is a period of decreased activity and muscle relaxation, characterized by patterns of deep sleep (where brain waves are slower, called non-rapid eye movement sleep) alternating with dreaming sleep, known as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Sleep restores energy to the body, especially to the brain and nervous system.

Sleep disorders common in childhood include enuresis (bedwetting), pavor nocturnus (night terrors), and somnabulism (sleepwalking). Less common in children are insomnia (sleeplessness, trouble falling, and staying asleep), and narcolepsy (difficulty staying awake).

Author Info: , Thomson Gale, Detroit, Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, 1998
 
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Sleep Disorders
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·As a Disease/Condition
Sleep Disturbance
·As a Complication
Fibromyalgia
Sleep Apnea
·As a Symptom
Mania
·As a Risk Factor
Depression
Fibromyalgia
Insomnia
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