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About 0.17% to 0.89% (pre- COVID-19 pandemic) [ 9] Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome ( ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness. People with ME/CFS experience profound fatigue that does not go away with rest, sleep issues and problems with memory or concentration. Further common symptoms include dizziness, nausea and pain. [ 3]
Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is a neurological disorder which is characterized primarily by excessive sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). [ 1] Idiopathic hypersomnia was first described by Bedrich Roth in 1976, and it can be divided into two forms: polysymptomatic and monosymptomatic. [ 2][ 3] The condition typically becomes evident in ...
Hypersomnia is a pathological state characterized by a lack of alertness during the waking episodes of the day. [ 3] It is not to be confused with fatigue, which is a normal physiological state. [ 4] Daytime sleepiness appears most commonly during situations where little interaction is needed. [ 5]
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping. [ 1][ 11] They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep for as long as desired. [ 1][ 9][ 12] Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability, and a depressed mood. [ 1] It may result in an increased risk of ...
70 families worldwide are known to carry the gene associated with the disease, 37 sporadic cases diagnosed (as of September 20th, 2022) Fatal insomnia is an extremely rare neurodegenerative prion disease that results in trouble sleeping as its hallmark symptom. [ 2] The majority of cases are familial ( fatal familial insomnia [FFI]), stemming ...
Central hypoventilation syndrome. Central hypoventilation syndrome ( CHS) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that causes ineffective breathing, apnea, or respiratory arrest during sleep (and during wakefulness in severe cases). CHS can either be congenital (CCHS) or acquired (ACHS) later in life. The condition can be fatal if untreated.
A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of an individual's sleep patterns. Some sleep disorders are severe enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functioning. Sleep disorders are frequent and can have serious consequences on patients' health and quality of life. [ 1]
Parasomnia. Specialty. Sleep medicine, psychology. 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 arousal from sleep. Parasomnias are dissociated sleep states which are partial arousals during ...