Sleep Disorders

Question 1

What are the two main types of sleep?

Answer 1

REM sleep

Non-REM sleep

Question 2

In non-REM sleep there is relaxation of muscles and reduced heart rate/blood pressure. True/false?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The EEG shows fast/slow activity in REM sleep

Answer 3

Fast

Question 4

The older we get the more time we spend in REM sleep. True/false?

Answer 4

False - decreases all through life

Question 5

What is parasomnia?

Answer 5

The unusual activity of the nervous system during sleep

Question 6

Give some signs of non-REM parasomnias

Answer 6

Confusional arousal
Sleep walking
Sleep terrors
Teeth grinding
Complex behaviour

Question 7

REM parasomnia is very common in which condition?

Answer 7

Parkinson’s

Question 8

How do patients with narcolepsy present?

Answer 8

Daytime sleepiness
Cataplexy
Hallucinations

Question 9

What investigations are done for narcolepsy?

Answer 9

Overnight polysomnography

Multiple sleep latency test

Question 10

What occurs in a multiple sleep latency test?

Answer 10

4x 25 min naps scheduled 2 hours apart

EEG taken

Question 11

What lumbar puncture test can be done for narcolepsy?

Answer 11

CSF hypocretin levels