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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- Changes in self-reported sleep and awake bruxism in relation to the management of temporomandibular disorders ("care as usual") in a specialty clinic populationby Thiprawee Chattrattrai on October 31, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: No changes in the frequency of self-reported SB and all types of AB were found in patients who received counseling only. However, patients who received counseling combined with other treatment showed a significant increase in the frequency of AB-bracing and AB-combined as compared to baseline.
- Prospective Study of Sleep Talking and Risk of Strokeby Ying Liu on October 30, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of sleep talking was associated with a higher risk of developing stroke. Future studies with cases of clinically confirmed sleep talking and a longer follow-up would be appropriate to further investigate this association.
- Spectral Dynamics Prior to Motor Events Differ Between NREM Sleep Parasomnias and Healthy Sleepersby Anna Castelnovo on October 25, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the arousal process is altered in DOA patients, and that specific EEG patterns are required for DOA episodes to emerge. These insights will help guide future research into the underlying circuits and objective markers of DOA.
- Phenoconversion in Women and Men With Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Studyby Christina A Alexandres on October 25, 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is strongly associated with synucleinopathies. Previous iRBD cohort studies have primarily focused on older (>50 years), male-predominant cohorts. Risk of phenoconversion in women and younger adults remains unclear. The study aimed to determine clinical features associated with conversion to a defined neurodegenerative disorder in women and men with iRBD.