Common Sleep Disorders
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SLEEP APNEA
Sleep Apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes.
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EFFECTS
Sleep Apnea effects the way you breathe when you're sleeping. In untreated sleep apnea, breathing is briefly interrupted or becomes very shallow.
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TREATMENT
Sleep Apnea can be treated with lifestyle changes, mouthpieces, breathing devices, and surgery. The CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure,) is one of the most common breathing devices. It uses a mask that covers the mouth and nose.
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INSOMNIA
Insomnia is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, even when a person has a chance to do so.
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EFFECTS
Insomnia is characterized by difficulty falling asleep, waking up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep, waking up too early in the morning, and feeling tired upon waking.
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TREATMENT
Lifestyle changes often can help relieve acute Insomnia. Changes might make it easier to fall asleep and stay asleep. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy can help relieve the anxiety linked to chronic Insomnia.
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NARCOLEPSY
Narcolepsy is a chronic brain disorder that involves poor control of sleep-wake cycles. People with Narcolepsy experience periods of extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden irresistible bouts of sleep that can strike at any time.
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EFFECTS
Some common symptoms of Narcolepsy include cataplexy (loss of muscle control,) hallucinations, sleep paralysis, microsleep, night time wakefulness, and rapid entry into REM sleep.
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