Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Andrology, allergy, endocrinology neurology. Postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a syndrome in which human males have chronic physical and cognitive symptoms following ejaculation. [1] The symptoms usually onset within seconds, minutes, or hours, and last for up to a week. [1] The cause and prevalence are unknown; [2] it is considered a ...
Directed attention fatigue. Directed attention fatigue (DAF) is a neuro-psychological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain's inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is competition from other stimuli that can ...
About 0.17% to 0.89% (pre- COVID-19 pandemic) [9] Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness. People with ME/CFS experience profound fatigue that does not go away with rest, sleep issues, and problems with memory or concentration. Further common symptoms include dizziness, nausea and pain. [3]
1. Fatigue. Research indicates that daytime sleepiness is the most obvious and common sign of sleep debt. If you feel groggy even after you’ve been awake for a while or if you find yourself ...
Fatigue in a medical context is used to cover experiences of low energy that are not caused by normal life. [2] [3]A 2021 review proposed a definition for fatigue as a starting point for discussion: "A multi-dimensional phenomenon in which the biophysiological, cognitive, motivational and emotional state of the body is affected resulting in significant impairment of the individual's ability to ...
The big three in sleep sounds are white noise, brown noise, and pink noise, but there are many other noise types, including purple noise, gray noise, and even black noise (a.k.a. good ol ...
Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. Its opposite state is described as hypnopompia – the transitional state from sleep into wakefulness. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include hypnagogic ...
Microsleep. A microsleep is a sudden temporary episode of sleep or drowsiness which may last for a few seconds where an individual fails to respond to some arbitrary sensory input and becomes unconscious. [1][2] Episodes of microsleep occur when an individual loses and regains awareness after a brief lapse in consciousness, often without ...