Sleepwalking is more common in children than in adults and more likely to occur in people who are sleep deprived. The person may be difficult to awaken and will likely not remember anything about sleepwalking once they wake up. Sleepwalking Causes Sleep deprivation Chaotic sleep schedule Stress ...
Sleep-deprived people perform poorly on tests such as driving simulators and tests of hand-eye coordination. Sleep deprivation can also magnify the effects of alcohol, meaning that a sleep-deprived person will be more susceptible to becoming impaired after alcohol consumption than a well-rested perso...
Seizure recurrence and sleep deprived EEGUsamah Jannoun
Seizure disorder. Although there are no reports of OSAS causing seizures, it can exacerbate pre-existing epilepsy (Oliveira et al., 2000; Chihorek et al., 2007), and treatment with CPAP can improve seizure control (Malow et al., 2008). The association is particularly relevant in children ...
Theitler, "When should a sleep- deprived EEG be performed following a presumed first seizure in adults?" Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, vol. 124, no. 3, pp. 202-205, 2011.GANDELMAN-MARTON R, THEITLER J. When should a sleep- deprived EEG be performed following a presumed first seizure ...
sleep-related seizures occurring at any age, with typical onset before 20 years.1,4SHE was previously called nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE), but the name was changed to reflect that seizures are typically sleep-related, r...
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression have an increased risk of sleepwalking. People that are prone to the condition are more likely to sleepwalk when they are sleep deprived, anxious, or ill. Some individuals also talk while asleep, and they often act confused after being ...
It may be that specific stages of sleep are more important than others. Both REM and slow wave sleep are considered to be “essential sleep”, and subjects who are deprived of sleep (at least in the short term) will “rebound” or make up most of the REM and slow wave sleep that are...
Epilepsy is a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures, which is why epilepsy is also known as the seizure disorder. Although you can have epilepsy at any age a lot of people wonder does it affect the aging process? Some may ask can you die from...
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