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Aerophagia (or aerophagy) is a condition of excessive air swallowing, which goes to the stomach instead of the lungs.Aerophagia may also refer to an unusual condition where the primary symptom is excessive flatus (farting), belching (burping) is not present, and the actual mechanism by which air enters the gut is obscure or unknown. [1]
Drooling or sialorrhea can occur during sleep. It is often the result of open-mouth posture from CNS depressants intake or sleeping on one's side. Sometimes while sleeping, saliva does not build up at the back of the throat and does not trigger the normal swallow reflex, leading to the condition.
He’s also encountered patients who will eat while sleeping and wake up to find wrappers and other objects around their home, having no clue how they got there. “The [cases] you hear about are ...
Sleep Hygiene: Overview. We all experience periods of better and worse sleep because, well…life.But if you regularly have trouble sleeping, improving your sleep hygiene can help.
Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder (NSRED) is a combination of a parasomnia and an eating disorder.It is a non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) parasomnia. [1] It is described as being in a specific category within somnambulism or a state of sleepwalking that includes behaviors connected to a person's conscious wishes or wants. [2]
You might've heard the urban legend that sleeping people swallow about eight spiders a year. The "factoid" is definitely eye-catching — but it's also improbable.
Trichophagia can present at any age, with childhood cases typically being more common and of a more habitual nature, while in adulthood it is associated with underlying psychopathologies and more severe symptoms. [5] Among childhood cases the distribution between males and females is equal.
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