Do Now - Matching

1. Sonambulism

2. Narcolepsy

3. Sleep apnea

4. Insomnia

5. Night terror

A. Causes person to stop breathing many times throughout the night

B. Person may scream and thrash, but is actually in deep sleep and may not remember anything

C. Person can not fall asleepD. Person quickly falls into REM

sleep from an active aware state; genetic

E. Occurs during no-REM sleep; person moves about while sleeping

Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders

• Insomnia- fatigue resulting from little sleep or difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.

• Most common sleep disorder

Narcolepsy

• Falling into REM sleep without warning from active awake state, briefly immobile even after they wake up.

• Caused by genetics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0h2nleWTwI

Sleep Apnea and SIDS

• Stop breathing hundreds of times a night causing the person to wake up briefly.

• Usually caused by obesity and compression of the windpipe.

• SIDS- sleeping baby stops breathing and dies while asleep. Happens at a rate of 2/1000 infants.

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YkMsFSM_yw

Sleep Apnea

• A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and consequent momentary reawakenings.

Nightmares and Night terrors

• Nightmares- frightening dreams that occur during REM sleep

• Night Terrors- horrific dream images during stage 4 of sleep. Children can wake up screaming and can be hard to calm down.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ujSv2z3MEk

Night TerrorsNight Terrors

• A sleep disorder A sleep disorder characterized by high characterized by high arousal and an arousal and an appearance of being appearance of being terrified.terrified.

• Occur in Stage 4, not Occur in Stage 4, not REM, and are not often REM, and are not often remembered.remembered.

Sleepwalking

• Occurs in non-REM sleep. Most common in children, but can happen in adults.

• It is not harmful to wake someone up who is sleepwalking.

Sleepwalking(Somnambulism)

• Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder effecting an estimated 10 percent of all humans at least once in their lives.

• Sleep walking most often occurs during deep non-REM sleep (stage 3 or stage 4 sleep) early in the night.

REM Behavior Disorder

• Sleepers move as if acting out their dreams.

• Very dangerous to dreamers or anyone nearby.

• Treatment- medication

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_m9ZOz82sQ&feature=fvsr

Kleine-Levin Syndrome

• a rare and complex neurological disorder characterized by periods of excessive amounts of sleep and altered behavior. The disorder strikes adolescents primarily. At the onset of an episode the patient becomes progressively drowsy and sleeps for most of the day and night (hypersomnolence), waking only to eat or go to the bathroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IypQWkb7xSQ