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Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is characterized by persistent sleepiness and often a general lack of energy, even during the day after apparently adequate or even prolonged nighttime sleep. EDS can be considered as a broad condition encompassing several sleep disorders where increased sleep is a symptom, or as a symptom of another ...
Idiopathic hypersomnia(IH) is a neurological disorder which is characterized primarily by excessive sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). [ 1 ] Idiopathic hypersomnia was first described by Bedrich Roth in 1976, and it can be divided into two forms: polysymptomatic and monosymptomatic. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The condition typically becomes evident ...
[9] [10] It is a difficulty transitioning from sleep to wake. [10] Individuals experiencing sleep drunkenness report waking with confusion, disorientation, slowness and repeated returns to sleep. [9] [11] It also appears in non-hypersomniac persons, for example after a night of insufficient sleep. [9] Fatigue and consumption of alcohol or ...
Ideally, you should be sleeping 7 to 9 hours a night, but getting more than that (i.e. too much) is really common. Oversleeping affects 4 to 6 percent of the population, one article points out.
Somnolence (alternatively sleepiness or drowsiness) is a state of strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (compare hypersomnia). It has distinct meanings and causes. It can refer to the usual state preceding falling asleep, [1] the condition of being in a drowsy state due to circadian rhythm disorders, or a symptom of ...
Shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder characterized by insomnia, excessive sleepiness, or both affecting people whose work hours overlap with the typical sleep period. Insomnia can be the difficulty to fall asleep or to wake up before the individual has slept enough. [1] About 20% of the working population ...
Infectious disease, oncology. Night sweats or nocturnal hyperhidrosis[1] is the repeated occurrence of excessive sweating during sleep. [2] The person may or may not also perspire excessively while awake. One of the most common causes of night sweats in women over 40 is the hormonal changes related to menopause and perimenopause. [3]
Hypnic headache. Hypnic headaches are benign primary headaches that affect the elderly, with an average age of onset at 63 ± 11 years. [1] They are moderate, throbbing, bilateral or unilateral headaches that wake the sufferer from sleep once or multiple times a night. [2] They typically begin a few hours after sleep begins and can last from 15 ...