Even though most Physicians are not aware that there are
almost eighty conditions that cause sleep disruptions. The International
Classification of Sleep disorder emphasizes on diagnosing and treating the most
common Eight Ailments which are:
1. Bruxism: Grinding teeth, resulting in sleep disruption.
2. Central Sleep Apnea: Interruption of normal breathing
cycle during sleep due to a disease of the central nervous system or a heart
problem causing excessive drowsiness during the day, snoring, noisy breathing
and shortness of breath.
3. Gastroesophgeal Reflux: Regurgitation of food,
indigestion and heartburn interrupting sleep.
4. Insomnia: Inability to fall asleep, frequent waking, and
short, interrupted, non-refreshing sleep.
5. Narcolepsy: Uncontrolled bouts of sleep preceded by
hallucinations, followed by muscle weakness and sleep paralysis. This often
occurs in conjunction with cataplexy,
which is a sudden weakness in the body muscles that lead to loss of muscle tone
and result in collapsing to the floor.
6. Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Physical obstruction in the
breathing pathway leading to snoring and excessive drowsiness. Headaches,
especially in the morning and tiredness throughout whole day.
7. Periodic limb movement disorder: Sleep disturbed by limb
movement.
8. Restless leg syndrome: Sleep disruption due to leg
movements caused by discomfort, irritation, tingling or numbness in legs.
1. Delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD): inability to wake up
and go to sleep at socially and daily activity acceptable times but no problem
with continuing to remain asleep , this
is basically a disorder of the body inner clock or what is known as the
circadian rhythm.
2. Advanced sleep phase disorder (ASPD), non-24-hour
sleep–wake disorder (non-24), this is a disrupted and irregular sleep wake
cycle, which is by far less common than DSPD, other disorders that may lie
within this category are jet lag and shift work sleep disorder.
3. Hyponex syndrome: Disordered shallow breathing movement
or slow breathing rate while sleeping.
4. Idiopathic hypersonic: a primary, neurologic hypersonic,
that is often difficult to differentiate from narcolepsy.
5. Insomnia disorder: Persistent and long term difficulty in
falling asleep and/or continuing to sleep when no other explanation could be
identified for these symptoms.
6. Kleine–Levin syndrome : A rare sleep disorder
characterized Mood swings together with recurrent instances of hypersomnia and
cognitive impairment.
7. Night terror: Pavor nocturnus, also known as sleep terror
disorder: abrupt awakening from sleep with behavior consistent with terror this
is by far more severe, recurrent and persistant than regular nightmares.
8. Nocturia: A frequent waking up at night in order to
urinate not caused by an organic ailment such as Prostatic enlargement it
differs from Enuresis, or bed-wetting, in which the person does not get up from
sleep, but the bladder nevertheless empties.
9. Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD): Acting
out and responding to violent or dramatic dreams while in REM sleep, sometimes
injuring bed partner or self .
10. Sleepwalking: Performing daytime regular activities such
as eating or dressing, which may include walking, without being aware of any of
these acts.
11. Somniphobia: Somniphobia is fear of falling asleep or
going to bed that is so severe to cause sleep deprivation. Patients might show
evidence of anxiety and panic attacks at bedtime.
12. Menstrual-related hypersomnia: Very Rare and often
attributed to a Psychiatric disorder.
13. Other Rare and Psychiatric element contributarry factor
that is thought to play a role are :Sleep talking (or somniloquy), Sleep sex
(or sexsomnia)
Exploding head syndrome - Waking up in the night hearing
loud noises.
We advise all of our patients to keep a sleep diary tracking
and detailing sleep patterns and habits. May help a doctor reach a diagnosis.
