Sleep medicine

He stated the pain initially began after his stroke. It gets worse when he sleeps with his legs crossed during the night. He rated the pain at a 3 on a 0-10 pain scale and said at times it has gone up to a 10, but he can tolerate the pain if it is below 5 on the 0-10 scale. He described the pain as numbness and then stabbing…

with irregular circadian sleep cycle and insomnia for a while. In recent lectures on Biopsychology, the course dabbled upon the topics of sleep. This sparked my passion and thus writing this paper to demonstrate my past casual researches in polyphasic napping and sleep in general. Sleeping is by far one of the most imperative biological needs for majority of organisms. It is comprised of 4 stages: NREM 1, NREM 2, NREM 3, and REM. In NREM 1, it is considered as light sleep. This stage…

anxiously until the sun rises once again. The trees reach out their lengthy limbs and grind their claws against the roof. I am petrified, but all I can do is lay there and wait for silence. My life is extremely depressing, especially when the sun sleeps. No one to talk to. Nothing to do. I am faced once again with the challenge of waiting out the night in my cold, creaky bed, frightened of what the Nocturnals have in store for me. In the past, I used to love when the sun went to bed. I always…

Tanner Barnard English 1180 Prof. Elizabeth Davis October 5th 2017 My Room, My Safe Place, My Sanctuary There is no place like your room, it’s a place of complete safety. There is a loud creaking noise coming from the alarm clock, that sits on my bedside table next to my Pokémon cards, which as you walk away, is replaced by the two to four groaning base boards under my blue carpet. The noise of my busy family, reminds me I’m in a safe place to relax. The noise of the outside is still…

the issues that are created by participating in sports. Student athletes struggling with getting enough sleep, spending the recommended amount of time outside of class in their course work, and dealing with the emotional roller coaster that comes with competition. It is normal in college for students to be staying up late resulting long nights with…

I have always been a K9 lover. It never fails to amaze me how ordinary people trade in dogs for these hissing, stubborn, self-centered felines we call cats. Dogs embody characteristics that we wish all humans could possess: unconditional love, joy, unabashed love of life, and never being one to rush to judgment. Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, filling an emptiness we don 't even know we have. Ryder is my good boy. Ryder is an Australian Shepherd, who has coloring the same…

subsection titled “Sleep”, in this subsection, Santrock summarizes how our sleep patterns change as people grow older. However, the focus of this paper is not on our sleep patterns, but on applying Doctor Santrock’s information with examples from my own personal life. A summation of the author’s…

well-deserved sleep. After preparing for bed, you get all snuggled up under the blankets and close your eyes. A little while later you glance at the clock to see the time and three hours have passed. What is going on with your body and why isn’t sleep coming like it should? Do not fret, all you need to do is follow these simple steps and you can easily prevent future nights of fighting with insomnia. The first thing that must be done to combat insomnia is to set yourself up with a proper sleep…

to fourteen hours of nighttime. During the night or even the daytime for some, individuals sleep. This is an action that everyone on this Earth takes part in because people can’t survive without it. If a person does not receive enough sleep, he could suffer from irritability, dizziness, hallucinations, loss of concentration, and much more. Even though everyone knows the consequences of not getting enough sleep, it’s hard to tell why they occur and what happens within our bodies when we reach the…

Hailey’s Journey It was a dark and stormy night in the town of Olathe, Kansas when Mr. and Mrs. Burt heard a knock on their front door. Upon opening the door, the couple noticed no one appeared to be there…except for a small basket with a beautiful redhead baby inside. Inscribed in her blanket was the name Hailey. They brought the crying baby inside and noticed a small golden necklace left at the bottom of the basket with an unknown symbol on it. Mister and Misses Burt raised the child as their…