Sleep disorder

Classification of Sleep Disorders Sleep is important for a person to become healthy the average amount of sleep is about 8 hours. Unfortunately more than half, America is diagnosed with a sleeping disorder making the average time to exceed, decline, or in some cases to not exist. Sleeping disorders are on a spectrum ranging from deadly to not harmful, so if a sleep disorder is not harmful then why is it a disorder? A sleep disorder manipulates someone’s sleep pattern affecting their health. There are two main classifications of sleep disorders one branch is called Dyssomnia and the other Parasomnia. Dyssomnia and Parasomnia have two hormones in common named Serotonin and Melatonin. Serotonin is made throughout the day to keep the body…

How Sleep Disorders Affect Daily Functions LaTonya Sallywhite Armstrong State University How Sleep Disorders Affect Daily Functions One main component of healthy living that people do not pay much attention to is sleep. Sleep is still a big mystery that researchers are trying to solve. However, the main question researchers cannot seem to answer is why humans do and animals sleep. One way to look at sleep is that during that time the body restores itself from the…

Excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty inducing or sustaining sleep and irregular events arising during sleep are symptoms related to sleep disorders. It is estimated that anywhere from 50 to 70 million Americans chronically contain some form of sleep disorder that is affecting their day-to-day living (Altevoga et al., 2006). According to The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey (2015), among 74,571 adult in 12 states, 37.9% reported accidentally falling asleep during the…

Sleep. As children, we often loathe it. As adults, we often crave it. All of us, however, require it. Sleep is built into the very essence of both our psychological and physiological existence. Ideally, it is the foundation upon which we start our days. It is the safe haven that we return to at night. Without it, we begin to feel unorganized, disassociated, fatigued. This is because our bodies are governed by natural cadences called the circadian rhythm. BOOK 87 Our natural world operates…

Sleep Disorders Sleep Disorders are common affecting about one-third of all people. This is more common with people who are physically ill or have psychiatric disorder or learning disability. There are three basic sleep problems that are common in adolescents which are not sleeping well, sleeping too much, and episodes of unusual behavior or experience related to sleep. There are nearly 100 possible causes or types of these sleep problems that are now recognized. One big factor within…

called sleep apnea . I thought of sleep apnea just as something that could be cured but little did I know there is more to it then just a sleeping disorder , Sleep Apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain and the rest of the body may not get enough oxygen. Sleep is essential to life; it is one…

Sleep eating disorder is one of the parasomnias which consists of the repeated episodes of the compulsive binge eating and drinking after waking up during the night. REM sleep behavior disorder occurs when one acts out vivid dreams while sleeping. These dreams are often filled with action which can be violent. The next one is paralysis which causes one to be unable to move the body when falling asleep or when waking up. It can make one feels anxious and afraid and some people also hallucinate…

Today an average individual sleeps less than 7 hours every night. This meaning that the less sleep people get each night is slowly affecting the way their own body functions and their well-being. There are even some people in the world who suffers from Sleep Disorder, and this disorder can originate from individual’s breathing patterns, stress, or anxiety. Many individuals may wonder why sleeping is important overall for our bodies? Sleep Health is important because it is critical for our…

have decided to inform the class over sleep disorders. Because there are many sleep disorders known today, we decided to focus on three sleep disorders. We will be informing the class over insomnia, sleep apnea, and lastly night terrors. We chose the tree listed sleep disorders because as a group we thought those were the disorders that would entertain the class and allow for us to create fun learning environment. The outline of our presentation is structured around five props. The five props…

#1 Sleep disorders overview Sleep is the body’s state of change which involves brain wave activity, heart rate, breathing, body temperature, and other biologic changes. It is a period of time that is restful because of reduced activity and reduced external factors. It is easy to reverse, but associated with a specific posture, lying down with eyes closed. Two specific sleepy times during the day for most individuals who have regular sleep. Between the late night hours of midnight and 7am and…