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A blossary on different disorders of sleep.

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The main symptom of hypersomnia is excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), or prolonged nighttime sleep, which has occurred for at least 3 months prior to diagnosis. Hypersomnia affects approximately 5% ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

Narcolepsy, també conegut com hypnolepsy, és una malaltia neurològica crònica causada per autoimmune destrucció de neurones hypocretin productores inhibint el cervell ' s capacitat de regular el ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism or noctambulism, is a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

Narcolepsy, also known as hypnolepsy, is a chronic neurological disorder caused by autoimmune destruction of hypocretin-producing neurons inhibiting the brain's ability to regulate sleep-wake ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

Sleep apnea is a type of sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or instances of shallow or infrequent breathing during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from at ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSD) are a family of sleep disorders affecting, among other things, the timing of sleep. People with circadian rhythm sleep disorders are unable to sleep and wake ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

Parasomnias are a category of sleep disorders that involve abnormal movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, sleeping, between sleep stages, or during ...

Domain: Health care; Category: Sleep disorder

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