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Confusional arousals can occur during or following an arousal of deep sleep (see slow-wave sleep) and upon an attempt of awakening the subject from sleep in the morning. [3] In children, confusional arousals can often be reproduced artificially by awakening the child during deep sleep. [3] However, it doesn't have any clinical significance ...
RBD is a sleep disorder characterized by the loss of normal skeletal muscle atonia during REM sleep and is associated with prominent motor activity and vivid dreaming. [6] [2] These dreams often involve screaming, shouting, laughing, crying, arm flailing, kicking, punching, choking, and jumping out of bed.
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS), also known as abusive head trauma (AHT), is a controversial and scientifically disputed [4] [5] [6] medical condition in children younger than five years old, [3] hypothesized to be caused by blunt trauma, vigorous shaking, or a combination of both.
The disorder often leads to bodily injury from unwanted movements. Because of these incessant muscle contractions, patients' sleep patterns are often disrupted. It differs from restless legs syndrome in that RMD involves involuntary muscle contractions before and during sleep while restless legs syndrome is the urge to move before sleep. RMD ...
Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) is a sleep disorder where the patient moves limbs involuntarily and periodically during sleep, and has symptoms or problems related to the movement. PLMD should not be confused with restless legs syndrome (RLS), which is characterized by a voluntary response to an urge to move legs due to discomfort.
When a person struggles to fall asleep or stay asleep with no obvious cause, it is referred to as insomnia, [2] which is the most common sleep disorder. [3] Others include sleep apnea, narcolepsy and hypersomnia (excessive sleepiness at inappropriate times), sleeping sickness (disruption of sleep cycle due to infection), sleepwalking, and night ...
Concussions are caused by blows to the head, a fall, or a violent shaking of the head and upper body. According to the Mayo Clinic , concussions can affect brain function and cause a variety of ...
Non-motor manifestations (such as sensory or emotional phenomenon) are common and retained awareness during seizures may occur. [5] Seizures usually occur during non-REM sleep. [11] The frequency of seizures can be very high and as many as dozens may occur every night which results in poor sleep quality. [12]