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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- Cholinergic degeneration and early cognitive signs in prodromal Lewy body dementiaby Kyung Ah Woo on February 22, 2025
CONCLUSION: cBF degeneration evolves from the prodromal iRBD stage of LBDs and predicts dementia, highlighting a window for cholinergic-targeted intervention.
- The effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies on restless legs syndrome in patients with migraineby Keisuke Suzuki on February 19, 2025
CONCLUSION: Our study revealed that 3-month CGRP mAb treatment significantly alleviated RLS symptoms, central sensitization and headache-related disability in patients with comorbid migraine and RLS.
- Analysis of sleep medication-induced parasomnias using the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report databaseby Shotaro Kobayashi on February 19, 2025
The association between sleep medication and parasomnia remains unclear. However, some sleep medications may also cause parasomnia. Therefore, we examined the association between sleep medication use and parasomnia. We performed an analysis using cases registered in the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report Database from April 2004 to March 2022. We calculated the unadjusted reporting odds ratio (ROR) and adjusted it to consider confounding factors. The ROR for each sleep medication was...
- Vitamin D replacement therapy may regulate sleep habits in patients with restless leg syndromeby Feyza Ustabaş Kahraman on February 17, 2025
CONCLUSION: There was no difference between the sleep habits of RLS cases with and without vitamin D deficiency. Sleep habits improved positively after vitamin D supplementation in patients with vitamin D deficiency compared to the pre-treatment period. There was no difference in the sleeping habits of RLS patients without vitamin D deficiency during the same period. Vitamin D supplementation can improve sleep habits in patients with RLS.