Various kinds of sleep disorders
Sleep is defined
as an unconscious
state in which a
person can still be awakened
by administration of sensory stimuli or by other stimuli (Guyton
& Hall, 1997).
According to Potter & Perry (2005),
Sleep is a physiological process that is cyclical
alternating with longer periods of waking. Sleep is a
condition where assistance
may not realize people can be
awakened by appropriate stimulation or sensoriyang
(Guyton in Alimul
Aziz H) or
can also be regarded as a state of relative unconsciousness,
not just a state
of calmness without activity, but rather a
sequence of repetitive cycles, characterized by the presence of minimal activity, have varying
awareness of the physiological
changes and a
decline in response to external
stimuli.
Sleep is much needed by the human body, so that the
performance and optimum performance of the body when the body is awake. During
sleep, the body will form and regenerate cells, support brain function, and
replenish the body's energy. For children and adolescents, sleep is needed to
assist their growth process.
If
you are difficult to get to sleep, maybe you're having trouble sleeping as
follows:
Insomnia
Insomnia is a
condition when a person is having trouble sleeping or can not sleep long enough
according to the time it takes the body even though he has the opportunity to do
so. This causes the physical condition of insomniacs become fit enough to perform
the activity the next day.
The stages of sleep
stages of which are drowsiness, light sleep stage, the stage of deep sleep, and
the dream stage. The dream phase is often referred to as the stage of rapid eye
movement (REM) stage of sleep when rapid eye movement experience.
Symptoms of insomnia
It is difficult to determine the size of a normal sleep because sleep needs vary
for each person. It is influenced by age, lifestyle, environment, and diet. The
symptoms of insomnia are the most common of which are:
Haard to sleep
Wake up at night or early morning.
Feeling tired, cranky, and could not perform the
activity well in the afternoon.
Causes of insomnia
There are several things that can cause a person to have trouble sleeping,
which in turn leads to insomnia in a long enough period of time. Starting from
the result of lifestyle factors and room comfort room, to the psychological health
factors, physical health, and medication side effects.
Snoring / snore
Most adults snore during sleep. Snoring sound comes from the air entering the soft tissue in
the throat vibrate. Snoring can be a problem
because of the sound
it produces. In addition, snoring can be a
major sign of a
more serious sleep problems, namely
sleep apnea.
Sleep Apnea
This sleep disorder
occurs when the upper
respiratory tract partially
clogged, blocking the breathing process in a
short time, and make someone
awakened from sleep. Apnea means "without breath
'. Sleep apnea can
occur repeatedly during sleep, so that sufferers
always feel very
sleepy during the day. People who snore sleep
more at risk of this
sleep disorder. Research
shows that sleep
apnea symptoms are severe and untreated
can be associated with serious diseases such
as hypertension, stroke and heart disease.
Narcolepsy (Narcolepsy)
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder meruapakan,
such as excessive drowsiness during the day. These symptoms can occur anywhere, even
at work. This condition is often referred to as sleep attack, aka
sleep attacks. Narcolepsy is thought to be a result of disturbances in the
central nervous system (brain)
which causes disruption of the body's normal sleep cycle.
Parasomnias
These were of a type
of sleep disorder sleep disorders
on a person's behavior,
thereby disrupting the rhythm of sleep. Symptoms commonly
are walking during
sleep (sleepwalking), nightmares, delirium, and so forth.
Parasomnia symptoms usually occur in NREM
sleep phase, and is
more common in children aged 3-5
years. A child who is having a
nightmare can wake up screaming,
but can not explain the fear. This condition is
actually more frightening for parents than the
child, because of the confusion caused by the child's sleep
behavior.
Hypersomnia
If insomnia is a
symptom of insomnia, hypersomnia
is the opposite: most
sleep. People with hypersomnia usually have a longer sleep time
than others, and
often sleep during the day. This
condition can be caused by
several things such
as disorders of the nervous
system or the body's metabolic system, but the exact cause is not known with certainty.
