Sleep Disorders
May 29th, 2010 | 
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Sleep is normal and necessary. People who suffer a sleep disorder and not getting enough rest often have difficulty performing the next day their daily activities. If the bad nights take place on an ongoing basis would be advisable to consult the doctor and remedy. Let’s look at what are the most common type of sleep disorder.
1. Consequences of sleep disorders
Sleep disorders are varied. Sleep disorders are included within a large group of disorders affecting the normal development of sleep-wake cycle. Some of these disorders are serious enough to have serious consequences. A sleepless night alone has no impact on our health. The problem arises when we going for several nights continuously.
In this case, it is natural that the next day we feel tired and sleepy and have to make a great effort to concentrate and do our job effectively.Similarly, poor sleep affects our mood and makes us angry and decay, which affects our family environment, employment and social, resulting in a deterioration of our lives.
Lack of sleep can be very dangerous in certain professions such as those made by people who have to drive, operate heavy machinery, make important decisions, and so on. is also a risk factor for accidents.
2. Insomnia
It is common to hear people complain of poor sleep or not enough to be rested. The causes of poor sleep, usually due to the environment as a bad mattress, excessive heat or cold, too much noise, worries, stress, excessive fatigue or irregular routines about time to go to sleep.
There are substances that make it difficult to fall asleep such as alcohol, snuff, caffeinated beverages like coffee, cola or tea. Avoid them when we have problems sleeping, will help us sleep better. However, when sleep deprivation is often the problem persists more and the causes which arise may be more serious.
Among these causes serious psychological stress or emotional problems or illness. That is when we talk about insomnia. In this case, it is advisable to consult the family doctor to find a solution. We defined insomnia as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep and say that a person suffers from insomnia when:
Has difficulty falling asleep.
· At night he wakes frequently and have difficulty returning to sleep.
· In the morning he wakes up earlier than usual.
· The next day he feels tired from not having slept at night.
Insomnia is usually treated with drugs, but the fundamental problem posed by drugs, is how quickly people get used to them, being necessary to increase the dose to achieve the same effect and leading to addiction. Therefore, it would be advisable to use only short periods and only when people who have it are so upset they really needed to take them.
However, there are a few suggestions that will help us when we sleep and allow us to rest better at night:
- Be a routine bedtime and waking up, no matter how tired we are or not.
- Find a suitable sleeping environment without excessive heat or cold, noise free and a comfortable bed.
- Avoid heavy meals, the snuff and alcohol or those which are stimulants such as coffee or tea.
After a bad night, the next day we should not take a nap or siesta, it is important to stand firm timetable we have set for bed and not sleep before. Otherwise, we will practically never get used to a sleep schedule.
3. Narcolepsy
It is a disease that is sudden and uncontrollable attacks of daytime sleepiness and may occur in any circumstance and when we go down the street or at work. Sufferer is constantly drowsy and may fall asleep suddenly.
The person who suffers it can not avoid giving small nod and although he is a momentary rest, soon after, again feel the same sense of sleep. Sometimes this disorder is associated with abrupt and sudden falls due to loss of muscle strength caused by intense emotions like anger, laughter or excitement, is what is called cataplexy.
Also, it can happen that the patient will feel unable to speak or move as if falling asleep. In this case, we speak of “sleep paralysis”.
4. Sleep Apnea
It is a sleep disorder that is caused by sudden interruptions of breathing during the night resulting in noisy snoring. Breathing may stop about 10 seconds of time, after which there is a desperate attempt to breathe.
Every time this happens the person wakes briefly and suffers because of these frequent awakening the next day is very tired and headaches. Sleep apnea is more common in people with obesity and age.
5. Hypersomnia
The hipernomnia is the presence of excessive sleepiness during a period of time approximately one month at least. It is justified by the lack of sleep or insomnia, because at night there are long bouts of sleep during the day, it is very easy to fall asleep. It is normal in some physiological situations as the first three months of pregnancy.
May be the consequence of another disease or drug consumption. Respiratory, hepatic, metabolic, infections and feverish conditions lead to hypersomnia. To treat the disease have to treat the disease that produces or withdraw the drugs originate.
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