Sleep disorder

Sleep disorder

The disturbance of normal sleep patterns caused by a broad range of illnesses, including dysfunctional sleep mechanisms, abnormalities in physiological functions during sleep, abnormalities of the biological clock, and sleep disturbances that are induced by factors extrinsic to the sleep process.

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nocturia

Health care; Sleep disorder

Urination at night especially when excessive.

sleep talking

Health care; Sleep disorder

Utterence of speech or sounds during sleep without awareness of the event. Takes place during stage REMS, representing a motor breakthrough of dream speech, or in the course of transitory arousals ...

REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)

Health care; Sleep disorder

Very rare disorder in which sleeper acts out dreams, often violently, and has bodily movement. The body is usually paralyzed during REM sleep. RMD patients often report an ongoing, hallucinatory REM ...

middle insomnia

Health care; Sleep disorder

Waking up during the night and not being able to fall back asleep quickly. Another name for sleep maintenance insomnia.

terminal insomnia

Health care; Sleep disorder

Also called late insomnia, it is a condition of waking up too early, usually with only four to five hours sleep, and being unable to get back to sleep.