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Jun 10, 2008
Many times a sleep disorder can be caused from an illness or from the medications used to treat an illness. Some of the common health conditions that can cause a sleeping problem are cardiovascular disease, endocrine disorders, neurological disorders, respiratory disease, mental illness, gastroesophageal reflux disease, kidney disease, and arthritis.Cardiovascular disease includes congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease.
These are the two most common heart problems that affect sleep and can cause a sleep disorder. Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart can no longer pump enough blood fo the body’s needs. Blood backs up in the veins of the heart which lead to the kidneys and edema eventually damages the lungs and other organs. Continue reading »
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May 31, 2008
Fibromyalgia is a painful condition that affects the muscles and joints and is seen in only 3-6% of the general population in the world. It’s generally seen more in females than males with a ratio percentage of 9.1
according to the College of Rhumatology and is commonly diagnosed in females between the ages of 20-50 though it’s been noted that the onset happens in childhood. This is not a life-threatening disease though the degree of pain in the condition can vary day to day with periods of flare ups and remission. The disease is being argued and viewed as non-progressive, but that’s a point that remains in limbo.
This is a problematic issue that can be a reason to keep someone up at night because the pain can be unbearable with the tingling and achiness in the muscles. This drives many who deal with this to endless and chronic deprivation of sleep. Those who suffer fibromyalgia also note issues with memory and other neurological issues, but the most frequent is the issues with sleeping that individuals go through when they deal with painful, annoying flare-ups. Continue reading »
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May 30, 2008
Did you know? Lack of sleep can cause hormone metabolic changes that mimic the signs of ageing.We need 6 to 8 hours of quality sleep a night to be our best.
This is the average nightly sleep time over a week. It’s OK to have one or 2 nights per week outside the 6 to 8 hour range, as long as you get up again at the same time, no matter how late the night was. The benefits of adequate sleep include the following: Continue reading »
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May 22, 2008
One usually wonders why he snores at night. Both friends and family members usually joke him around. The strange and funny sounds you make while on your sleep seems so amazingly hilarious to them. At first you seem amused as well, laughing your snoring issue with them.
But then it gets to a point, that it is no longer a laughing matter to you; in fact, you don’t find it funny anymore when they make jokes about it. Your lack of sleep from several nights puts you in a point where you seem edgy and oversensitive, especially when you finally realize that it is now a real problem for you, and others seem only to make fun of your predicament. Continue reading »
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May 22, 2008
During infancy.
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For three or four weeks after birth the infant sleeps more or less, day and night, only waking to satisfy the demands of hunger; at the expiration of this time, however, each interval of wakefulness grows longer, so that it sleeps less frequently, but for longer periods at a time.
This disposition to repose in the early weeks of the infant’s life must not be interfered with; but this period having expired, great care is necessary to induce regularity in its hours of sleep, otherwise too much will be taken in the day-time, and restless and disturbed nights will follow. The child should be brought into the habit of sleeping in the middle of the day, before its dinner, and for about two hours, more or less. If put to rest at a later period of the day, it will invariably cause a bad night. Continue reading »