Sleeping Disorders

Question 1

Involve difficulties in getting enough sleep, problems with sleeping when you want to; Complaints about the quality of sleep, such as not feeling refreshed even though you have slept the whole night.

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Dysomnia

Question 2

Characterized by abnormal behavioral or physiological events that occur during sleep, such as nightmares and sleepwalking.

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Parasomnia

Question 3

The clearest and most comprehensive picture of your sleep habit; The patient spends one or more nights sleeping in a sleep laboratory being monitored on a number of measures,

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Polysomnographic Evaluation (PSG)

Question 4

This instrument records the number of arm movements and the data can be downloaded into a computer to determine the length and quality of sleep.

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Actigraph

Question 5

The percentage of time actually spent asleep on, not just lying in bed trying to sleep.

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Sleep Efficiency

Question 6

A person who is awake all the time and can only have microsleeps, only last seconds.

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Insomnia

Question 7

Many people who sleep all night find themselves falling asleep several times the next day.

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Hypersomnia

Question 8

People with this problem have difficulty breathing at night; Often snore loudly, pause between breaths, and wake in the morning with a dry mouth and headache.

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Sleep Apnea

Question 9

Occurs while the person is awake and can range from slight weakness in the facial muscles to complete physical collapse.

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Narcolepsy

Question 10

Breathing is constricted a great deal and may be labored

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Hypoventilation

Question 11

Three Types of Apnea

Answer 11

Obstructive, Central Sleep, and Mixed Sleep

Question 12

Occurs when airflow stops despite the continued activity of the respiratory system.

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Obstructive Apnea

Question 13

Involves the complete cessation of respiratory activity for brief periods and is often associated with certain central nervous system disorders,

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Central Sleep Apnea

Question 14

Is a combination of both obstructive and central sleep apneas.

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Mixed Sleep Apnea

Question 15

This disorder is characterized by disturbed sleep brought on by the brain’s inability to synchronize its sleep patterns with the current patterns of day and night.

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Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders

Question 16

Allowing the brain’s normal drive for sleep to take over, replacing the restrictions we place on our activities that interfere with sleep.

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Sleep Hygiene

Question 17

Repeated awakening from the major sleep period or naps with detailed recall of extended and extremely frightening dreams, usually involving threats to survival, security, or self-esteem.

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Nightmares

Question 18

Recurrent episodes of abrupt awakening from sleep, usually occurring during the first third major sleep episode and beginning with a panicky scream.

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Sleep Terror Disorders

Question 19

Repeated episodes of rising from bed during sleep and walking about, usually occurring during the first third of the major sleep episode.

Answer 19

Sleep Walking Disorder