Narcolepsy

Epilepsy in children Epilepsy is a episodic and recurrent neurological disorder of the brain caused by transient abnormal activity in the brain cells. The onset of epilepsy is most common during early childhood. Invariably the child with epilepsy will have the same type of seizure each time. Symptoms and Signs depend on the seizure type, may include : - A staring spell, rapid eye blinking or temporary confusion Loss of consciousness with stiffness, jerking of all four limbs with loss of…

Stress is a term that individuals use when encountering negative events. It is used differently for many reasons, and individuals perceive it contrarily depending on the purpose. According to, Hans Selye in the early 1930s, stress is a biopsychosocial model that refers to the consequence of failure of an organism to respond adequately to mental, emotional or physical demands, whether actual or imagined (Seyle, 1982). Stress has been examined for decades as a risk factor for poor physical and…

Many scientists all over the world have all attempted to explain the physiological and psychological effects of peoples sleep and dreams. In spite of this, up until this century and with few exceptions, everyone has always thought that while a person slept, their body and brain went into an inactive state. It wasn’t until 1928 when a German psychiatrist that goes by the name of Hans Berger discovered electrical activity inside of the human brain and distinguished differences in these rhythms…

Sleep Apnea Can you imagine waking up over 100 times per night because you are not breathing. For many people with sleep apnea this is a reality. Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder in which you momentarily stop breathing while you sleep. Some effects of sleep apnea are depression, irritability, learning and memory difficulties, and falling asleep at inappropriate times, such as at work, on the phone, or driving. There are two different kinds of sleep apnea, obstructive and central. Obstructive…

Everyone has experienced a sleepless night or insomnia at some point. For many individuals, it may come as a surprise that your mattress may be at fault. Sleeping on a too firm or too soft mattress can impact the quality of your sleep, the way that you function during the day and your pain levels. According to research by Research Triangle International, different support levels can play a strong role in your overall health. In the study, they looked at 128 subjects over the course of 16,000…

Sleep paralysis is a very common sleep disorder. Out of the entire population, about 7.6% of people will have at least one encounter in there lifetime. The two most common groups of people who experience sleep paralysis are students, and psychiatric patients (Sharpless 2011.). Sharpless wrote that in a study, about 28% of students and 32% of psychiatric patients have occurred at least one encounter of sleep paralysis. With the patients, their disorder could cause them to not get a good night’s…

My first topic on Spinal muscular atrophy affects 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 10,000 people. In 1898, described for the first time the classic infantile form of SMA. In this essay I will be discussing spinal muscular atrophy and its characteristics. I will discuss signs and symptoms as well as some treatments for the disorder. Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic disorder that affects the control of muscle movement. It is caused by a loss of specialized nerve cells, called motor neurons, in the spinal…

France by the Company called as Lafon and it was started using for narcolepsy in 1994. Armodafinil is came in to the market since 2007. It is like a mirror image of Modafinil, but its changed chemical structure making it more strong. If we looks at the clinical angle, it is prescribed for the same clinical condition but its doses and effects on individual patients are very. Armodafinil require a smaller dosage for narcolepsy. But clinical studies suggest that it some patients, Modafini…

barely get two or three, some people get twelve hours but cannot stop feeling tired. These examples are some of the many side effects of a sleep disorder. The most common sleep disorders include: Insomnia, Parasomnia, Hypersomnia, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy and Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). These various disorders affect many people, some are more common than others, others can be treated but all of them have negative effects on both the body and the mind. The most well-known sleep disorder is…

none of them are the same. There are three main sleep disorders known as Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnea, and Insomnia. Narcolepsy has been characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep suddenly without warning. There are an estimated 125,000 to 250,000 people in the United States have this sleeping disorder. The first symptoms usually start to appear between the ages ten and twenty-five. The majority of people with Narcolepsy may experience cataplexy, sudden muscular weakness without loss of…