Parasomnia
A parasomnia is a sleep disorder that causes abnormal behavior while sleeping. The behavior can occur during any stage of sleep, including the transition from wakefulness to sleeping and vice versa. If you have a parasomnia, you might move around, talk, or do unusual things during sleep.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW152
Diagnosis: Parasomnia
US Patients:
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: 90%M
Age Onset: 50+ Age
Brain Area:
Symptoms: partial arousals before, during and after sleeping;10 core categories:physical partial-arousal during deep-sleep-stages 3 &4,
Progression: confusion, sex acts-still sleeping, night terrors, sleep-walking, eating, nightmares, sleep-talking, hallucinations
Causes: 80% unknown, sleep deprivation may be a factor; problem sometimes resolves itself over time
Medications: melatonin and clonazepam
Therapies: relaxation, biofeedback, hypnosis, stress reduction may help temporarily
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- Association of Sleep Disruption With Daytime Sleepiness in Patients With Restless Legs Syndromeby Sofiene Chenini on March 20, 2025
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) often complain of nighttime hyperarousal which can be severe. Whether nocturnal hyperarousal is associated with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) remains understudied. This study aimed to compare the frequencies of self-reported and objective EDS between patients with RLS and controls, and to identify factors associated with EDS.
- Association of Cardiovascular Autonomic Failure With Progression and Phenoconversion in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorderby Luca Baldelli on March 20, 2025
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is a prodromal state of α-synucleinopathies, presenting years before overt neurodegenerative disorders. Autonomic nervous system (ANS) involvement, particularly cardiovascular autonomic failure, may indicate progression. However, its role as a (multidimensional) marker for disease progression and phenoconversion remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether cardiovascular autonomic failure and symptoms of autonomic...
- Primary healthcare nurses' experiences of symptoms and treatment needs of patients with RLS-associated symptoms at telephone nursing - an abductive analysis based on the Four Habits communication modelby Alexandra Säwén on March 17, 2025
CONCLUSION: Using the Four Habits communication model could enrich communication regarding RLS-associated symptoms and treatment needs during TN.
- REM-Sleep-Behavior Disorder - More Than a Simple Parasomniaby Carolin Schäfer on March 13, 2025
Rapid-Eye-Movement (REM) sleep is an essential part of sleep dominating the second half of the night. A disturbance of the phy-siological muscle hypotonia of REM sleep can lead to dream enactment: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). In the absence of a disease of the central nervous system or provoking factors such as sleep apnea, alcohol consumption or antidepressants, isolated RBD (iRBD) may be present. IRBD is an early stage of alpha-synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease, dementia with...