Sleep Disorder

Sleep disorders can cause serious damage to your body

Sleep is essential for a person’s health and wellbeing, but these days people do not get enough sleep and many suffer from lack of sleep. A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders can cause serious damage with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning of the body . Changes in lifestyle, anxiety, back pain, chronic pain, environmental noise, incontinence and various drugs can contribute to sleep disorders.

The most common kinds of sleep disorders are: Insomnia - a hard time falling or staying asleep, Sleep apnea - breathing interruptions during sleep, Restless legs syndrome - a tingling or prickly sensation in the legs, Narcolepsy - daytime "sleep attacks". Other sleep disorders are: nightmares, night terrors, head banging, wetting the bed, bruxism, periodic limb movement syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, somnambulism, somniloquy, and circadian rhythm disorders, sleepwalking and sleep talking.

Many people don't get the amount of sleep they need and become chronically sleep deprived. For those who suffer from sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and other illnesses, daytime sleepiness is present even if the amount of nighttime sleep is enough. During the normal sleep, people can be disrupted by many factors like: stress, family demands or an overly busy schedule, hormonal influences and changes in core body temperature, dieting, pregnancy, sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome, depression, anxiety and worry and, sleepiness and fatigue. Not getting enough sleep is associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression and also may complicate their management and outcome.

Healthy sleep can be defined as the amount and quality of sleep that allows one to maintain optimal alertness while awake. There are techniques that you will have to do so you can have a better sleep: you will have to keep a regular sleep and wake schedule, you don’t have to drink or eat caffeine four to six hours before bed, don’t smoke near bedtime, avoid alcohol before sleep, get regular exercise, develop a regular bed time and go to bed at the same time each night, try and wake up without an alarm clock, and etc. will help you to get enough sleep.