Sleep apnea

A sleep study, or polysomnogram, is a test designed to diagnose sleep apnea and other sleep problems. A sleep study may be conducted in a sleep disorders clinic or, more rarely, in a hospital. It is sometimes possible to get a sleep study conducted in your own home, but this is much more rarely done. The study is conducted over night while you sleep. You should plan to be at the clinic or hospital for at least eight or ten hours. Usually you arrive at 9:00 or 10:00 in the evening, in time to…

Narcolepsy is a mental disorder that affects the control of sleep and sleeplessness. People with narcolepsy experience exorbitant daytime sleepiness and infrequent, uncontrollable episodes of falling asleep during the daytime. These sudden sleep attacks may occur during different kinds of activity at any time of the day. A person sleep for a couples of minutes or up to a half-hour before awakening, but eventually they fall asleep again.They can also experience decreased alertness throughout…

SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN. There are numerous kids in the world who have a lot of difficulties when it comes to sleep time be it an afternoon nap or at night. If you are one of the parents whose kid has sleep associated problem, receive my empathy. It is the best I can do; sympathize, because it can be a very frustrating situation not only to the kids but also to you. Simply because no parent can fall asleep if the kids are ranting, throwing tantrums or even just playing around in the house…

you get to sleep faster, but it may impact the length of your sleep. Alcohol intensifies deep sleep or the third cycle sleep during the first half of the night, but then increases sleep disruptions in the second half of the of night. As mentioned earlier, REM is the cycle of sleep that causes dreams and develops memories. A large amount of alcohol content in your body can disrupt REM sleep, which is much easier to wake up from. That 's why you often wake up after just a few hours sleep after…

struggle to choose between sleep and their favorite show (Oh the dilemma), and not to forget the hanging out with the friends. An individual should retain at least 7.5 to 8 hours of sleep to be able to perform at his/her peak of awesomeness. Due to the lack of sleep, people may become fragile, maybe even have a few ants in their pants. People say that education is the key to a happy future, but they don’t describe the necessary presets to achieve academic satisfaction. Sleep being one of the…

Tuesday April 10, 2007 began just like any other day for new parents Aaron and Desiree Robinson. Desiree had to leave for work at 7:00am that morning, so it was Aaron who had to care for their 3 month old son Christian until she returned. It was a routine Tuesday, Aaron bathed and fed his son, and played with him until the early afternoon. A little after 1pm Aaron decided to lay Christian down for a nap. He made his way upstairs and laid his infant son on his back in his crib. Approximately an…

use alcohol to get to sleep. There’s a lot of conjecture over alcohol use and it’s effect on sleep, so this post will try and separate some of the fact from fiction. Moderate – Heavy Alcohol Use Drinking more than a few standard drinks before bedtime can severely disrupt the body’s ability to maintain a proper sleep state. While under the influence, you may get to sleep quicker but the quality of sleep is reduced. The amount of Glutamic acid released in the brain during sleep is lessened,…

Sleep is by far the most mysterious part of our day. Sleep takes up nearly one third of our life, yet the general population know surprisingly very little about it (Randall). Some people have given up on their alarm clock, because it never wakes them up. Yet in reality the real reason for this is a sleep related amnesia in which one does not remember doing something right before one falls asleep. REM, rapid eye movement, sleep is a period of sleep that occurs about 70 to 90 minutes after a…

The definition of a sleeping disorder is any abnormality during the sleeping cycle of an individual. This includes insomnia, snoring, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and etc. Insomnia is a…

great majority of those suffering from sleep apnea, a CPAP machine is really a boon in more than a few ways. Basically, the way it operates is by setting free air at a pressure that is more compared to that of the neighboring air right out of the device itself via the mask and this is delivered straight into the nose. Obviously, the air pressure’s just adequate for keeping the upper airway passages continuously open. What this does is control your sleep apnea occurrences and this lessens the…