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  2. Sleeping disorders following traumatic brain injury - Wikipedia

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    Sleep disorder is a common repercussion of traumatic brain injury ( TBI ). [1] [2] It occurs in 30%-70% of patients with TBI. [1] [2] TBI can be distinguished into two categories, primary and secondary damage. Primary damage includes injuries of white matter, focal contusion, cerebral edema and hematomas, [3] mostly occurring at the moment of ...

  3. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Sleep apnea (sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa in British English) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway during sleep results in poor ventilation and sleep disruption. [ 10 ][ 11 ] Each pause in breathing can last for a few seconds to a few minutes ...

  4. Secondary hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Secondary hypertension (or, less commonly, inessential hypertension) is a type of hypertension which has a specific and identifiable underlying primary cause. It is much less common than essential hypertension, affecting only 5-10% of hypertensive patients. It has many different causes including obstructive sleep apnea, kidney disease ...

  5. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is characterized by recurrent episodes of complete or partial obstruction of the upper airway leading to reduced or absent breathing during sleep. These episodes are termed "apneas" with complete or near-complete cessation of breathing, or "hypopneas" when the ...

  6. Central hypoventilation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Central hypoventilation syndrome. Central hypoventilation syndrome (CHS) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that causes ineffective breathing, apnea, or respiratory arrest during sleep (and during wakefulness in severe cases). CHS can either be congenital (CCHS) or acquired (ACHS) later in life. The condition can be fatal if untreated.

  7. Post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-11 diagnostic description for PTSD contains three components or symptom groups (1) re-experiencing, (2) avoidance, and (3) heightened sense of threat. [165] [166] ICD-11 no longer includes verbal thoughts about the traumatic event as a symptom. [166] There is a predicted lower rate of diagnosed PTSD using ICD-11 compared to ICD10 or DSM ...

  8. Hypersomnia - Wikipedia

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    Sleep apnea is the second most frequent cause of secondary hypersomnia, affecting up to 4% of middle-aged adults, mostly men. Upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is a clinical variant of sleep apnea that can also cause hypersomnia. [8] Just as other sleep disorders (like narcolepsy) can coexist with sleep apnea, the same is true for UARS.

  9. Central sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    The conditions of hypoxia and hypercapnia, whether caused by apnea or not, trigger additional effects on the body.The immediate effects of central sleep apnea on the body depend on how long the failure to breathe endures, how short is the interval between failures to breathe, and the presence or absence of independent conditions whose effects amplify those of an apneic episode.