Sleep Disorders Brief Overview
Suffering from severe sleep disorders can be impairing in most of the life situations. Such people are so tired and exhausted, that a normal life is no longer possible. They may fall asleep while at work, or while driving, which is one terrible situation. Many accidents occurred because of drivers falling asleep at the wheel.
Some people can’t accumulate the required number of sleeping hours, condition defined as insomnia. They just stay in bed, with their eyes closed and cannot fall asleep. If it lasts for more than one month, insomnia may strongly affect life, because it exhausts the body resources of energy. Those resources are normally replenished by the night sleep.
Aside from insomnia, which has daytime consequences, another severe condition can even become lethal. This is the sleep apnea and it is life threatening by suffocation. All body organs rest while we sleep and so do the muscles and the immune system. When in danger, the life saving reactions may occur with a small delay that may mean death for some of us.
Thousands of jokes have been born thanks to another ailment. Snoring made us laugh so many times, that it seems hilarious. However, it prevents the snorer to properly rest while sleeping, and his life partner may get a depression. Lack of sleep is more serious than you thought.
Who hasn’t heard about sleepwalkers? As the name says, they get out of bed and start walking around the house, then they go back to bed as nothing ever happened. They are sleeping during all this time and they don’t remember anything from their night walk the next day.
There are drugs which are known to give somnolence as a secondary effect. Patients who are prescribed such medication by their doctors, should be aware of this and avoid driving the car. They could even get a few days off their job, especially if they work as heavy equipment operators. It is much safer that way, both for them and for their colleagues.
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Written by Susan Pillows on December 10th, 2009 with
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