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Articles about sleep

A good night's sleep is an essential function that recharges your body and mind, leaving you feeling fresh and alert. The following articles will give you an understanding of sleep disorders and how to improve your sleep patterns.

10 tips to improve sleep?

A good night’s sleep is just as important as regular exercise and a healthy diet. Research shows that poor sleep has immediate negative effects on your hormones, exercise performance, and brain function.

The Science of Sleep

Sleep accounts for one-quarter to one-third of the human lifespan. But what exactly happens when you sleep? This article will tell you about four stages of sleep, divided into two (REM & NREM).

Insomnia

Insomnia is when you have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep throughout the night. This issue can make it difficult to get asleep, keep asleep, or lead you to wake up too early and have trouble falling back asleep.

Hypersomnia

Hypersomnia is characterized by recurrent episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness or prolonged nighttime sleep.

Symptoms of hypersomnia:

Feeling unusually tired all the time.
The need for daytime naps.
Feeling drowsy, despite sleeping and napping – not refreshed on waking up.
Difficulty thinking and making decisions – the mind feels 'foggy'
Apathy.
Memory or concentration difficulties.

Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep. People with narcolepsy often find it difficult to stay awake for long periods of time, regardless of the circumstances.

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after a full night's sleep, you might have sleep apnea.

Parasomnia

A parasomnia is a sleep disorder that involves unusual and undesirable physical events or experiences that disrupt your sleep. A parasomnia can occur before or during sleep or during arousal from sleep. If you have parasomnia, you might have abnormal movements, talk, express emotions or do unusual things

Restless Legs Syndrome

AKA Willis-Ekbom Disease, is generally a long-term disorder that causes a strong urge to move one's legs. There is often an unpleasant feeling in the legs that improves somewhat by moving them. Due to the disturbance in sleep, people with RLS may have daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability and a depressed mood.