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The sopite syndrome (/ s oʊ ˈ p aɪ t /; from Latin sopire 'to put to sleep') [1] is a neurological disorder that relates symptoms of fatigue, drowsiness, and mood changes to prolonged periods of motion. [2] The sopite syndrome has been attributed to motion-induced drowsiness such as that experienced by a baby when rocked. [1]
Baby colic, also known as infantile colic, is defined as episodes of crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week, for three weeks in an otherwise healthy child. [1] Often crying occurs in the evening. [1] It typically does not result in long-term problems. [4]
Infant crying is the vocalizations of infants as a response to an internal or external stimulus.Infants cry as a form of basic instinctive communication. [2] Essentially, newborns are transitioning from life in the womb to the external environment. [3]
Panayiotopoulos syndrome (named after C. P. Panayiotopoulos) is a common idiopathic childhood-related seizure disorder that occurs exclusively in otherwise normal children (idiopathic epilepsy) and manifests mainly with autonomic epileptic seizures and autonomic status epilepticus. [1]
In the first week of life, infants will sleep during both the day and night and will wake to feed. Sleep cycle duration is usually short, from 2–4 hours. [7] Over the first two weeks, infants average 16–18 hours of sleep daily. Circadian rhythm has not yet been established and infants sleep during the night and day equally. [3]
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Sleep deprivation. Sleep loss does a number on your eating habits. It disrupts your hunger hormones and can lead to increased appetite and cravings for sweet, salty, and starchy foods. Food noise ...
Oculomotor symptoms include tonic deviation of the eyes, nystagmus (rapid, involuntary movement of the eyes) and repetitive fluttering or closing of the eyelids. [5] In children, they may also have nausea and vomiting during the episode as well. [3] Episodes in total for children usually last less than 10 minutes, and mainly occur at night.