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Did you ever experience a long tiring day at school or work? Your body may have been aching with pain and you laid down for a relaxing sleep. What a wonderful feeling that was! Most people enjoy the luxury of sleep without realizing that it isn’t always possible for many people to achieve this. Sleep helps us in more ways than we can imagine but it sometimes eludes people who don’t even know what they were missing.
Sometimes we take for granted the great benefits that are afforded to us from a restful nights sleep and we begin to abuse the privilege by staying up too late or “burning the midnight oil” a bit too much. The more we use our body, the more that we must load up on sleep. If we don’t catch up, our body starts to get confused and this can eventually lead to a sleep disorder. First we find ourselves irritable and slow. Then we lose our ability to fully relax and we are in for a much bigger problem down the road.
Common sleeping disorders often begin unnoticed. We might just be having signs of some minor problems but we don’t think too much of it. Then we may begin to have difficulty falling or staying asleep but think this is only a “passing phase”. Little do we know, we are already experiencing, what doctors would diagnose as insomnia, a sleep disorder that results to sleepiness at other times of the day. Insomnia is the most well-known sleep disorder but it is still undiagnosed in thousands of people. It causes slow reactions in our nervous system and poor mental concentration. These factors might just lead to accidents and lesser productivity throughout the day. Stress is also considered one of the major reasons why one out of three adults experiences some degree of insomnia at one time or another.
A less common but quite alarming case of insomnia is the chronic insomnia. This is known as a severe case of insomnia which is caused by too much stress and by our body’s chemistry and medical condition. This second case of insomnia is less common than the first but still quite common overall. It also tends to go undiagnosed in many people.
Sleepy people who experience a gradual loss of muscle tone (called cataplexy) may be experiencing another type of sleep disorder known as Narcolepsy. This is a sleep related disease that affects the NREM or “Non Rapid Eye Movement” sleep. Narcoleptic patients experience sudden muscle weakening which sometimes causes them to fall. They may fall into a NREM sleep phase almost instantly and this can be extremely dangerous. A simple act of happiness or laughter may trigger what is called a cataplectic attack where the person just falls asleep and tips over! A related disease called sleep paralysis is also alarming and can occur in narcoleptics where they lose control of their muscles especially when lying down before they go to bed.
Children commonly experience a sleep disorder familiarly known as “bedwetting” which is actually called Nocturnal Enursis. This ordinarily happens during NREM sleep as does talking in your sleep and sleep walking. These disorders are also common amongst children.
Sleep Apnea is a breathing disorder which is not understood by many people and which is therefore undiagnosed in many people. It is still quite common however and is caused by the muscle and tongue relaxation on the soft palate at the throat’s base. This is the part of the throat which allows an individuals air passage to collapse especially those with narrow airways. It creates a sleeping disorder somewhat similar to snoring but it is actually a lot more serious than just snoring. Sleep apnea causes a person to lose the much needed REM phase of their sleep and thereby depletes their energy and dangerously affects their brain chemistry. A person with sleep apnea is more prone to accidents and poor health as well as poor performance at work or school.
Sleeping disorders can be avoided if we raise our awareness about them and take preventive measures to stop them. We must make sleeping a daily habit and try to get a better night’s sleep all the time. If we make sure and do this, we will surely reap the benefits soon!
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This is a video of my sleep study and surgery day. I havent had a full nights sleep since i was 2 years old. My sleep study showed that i was waking up at least 14 times each night due to lack of oxygen. … “Sleep Apnea” Tonsillectomy Adnoidectomy Surgery Nate Reedley
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How common are sleep disorders related to prostaglandin malfunction?This protein's receptor is the G-protein D2, and one of it's functions is the awake-asleep time control.
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Over 70 Million people in the USA suffer from some kind of Sleep Disorder! There are actually hundreds of ways to improve your sleep but the first thing that is needed is to raise more awareness! If you want to sleep better tonight , you can visit this information Sleep Aid Web Site that is packed with FREE information: http://www.Sleep-Aid-Solutions.com
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medications for sleep aid, both prescribed , & Over The Counter (OTC) and their potential side effects
longitudinal studies on sleep
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repetitive dreams
Personally, I would begin my essay like this:
Throughout history, sleep has been a much discussed topic by people ranging from poets, musicians, to scientists. This is evidence of the importance of sleep. Even in our earliest recorded books and plays, sleep, and its impact on mankind has been documented.
Then, I would tie in my quotes, poetry, & songs.
sleep
in quotes:Hamlet:
"To sleep, perchance to dream-
ay, there's the rub."
http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/sleep-perchance-dream
in poetry:
To sleep
O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleased eyes, embowered from the light,
Enshaded in forgetfulness divine:
~http://www.geocities.com/plt_2000plt_us/englam/kts-92.html
sleep mentioned in song~I'm Only Sleeping~The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bTlZDZOj-8
lyrics:
When I wake up early in the morning,
Lift my head, I'm still yawning
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream
Please don't wake me, no
don't shake me
Leave me where I am
I'm only sleeping
http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Beatles%20Lyrics/I'm%20Only%20Sleeping%20Lyrics.html
in Science:
“I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.”
Rene Descartes quotes (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Scientist, 1596-1650)
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_am_accustomed_to_sleep_and_in_my_dreams_to/224500.html
Click here for UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Education for their collection of "The Best of the Web" 20 websites on sleep:
http://www.learnnc.org/bestweb/search?phrase=sleep
It is my humble opinion that this would make your paper more readable, more interesting, & set it apart from the other students' papers. With all due respect, you need to change this sentence:
"There are different kinds of sleep disorders that many people have been diagnosed with." to
"Many people have been diagnosed with different types of sleep disorders."
It is grammatically incorrect to end sentences with prepositions. You've done a good job with your paper. I hope this helps, & I hope you get an A!
Retina, Cones, Rods, Fovea, Amplitude, pitch, jet lag, REM, slow wave non-REM, sleep apnea
1-cornea
2-rods and cones
3 focal point
4-That's all you get AND
If it were me, I would do this:
Repost this question in the category- Reference and Education
Sub category- Homework Help
They are on the category list you scanned over before picking this category at the end…..OR if this was the " suggested category" picked by the AI program, you need to click on "All Categories" and choose the appropriate one.
I know it can be confusing….so many categories…BUT
Posting in the appropriate category will expose your question to many people who have experience and/or expertise in your subject. That way you'll get more/ better answers.
The Yahoo Products category, sub category Yahoo Answers (Where You Are Now ) is where we Q/A about the website itself. You know, bugs, glitches, website operations etc.
Hope this helps….JT
I think that this like many other things that have come and gone in the past years is unfortunatly not a cure. People are always claiming that a diet or something is going to cure autism. I work with children with autism and I've never heard about this working. I know 5 years ago when they thought vaccines may be causing autism it was all over the news. I think if it did it would be on the news and all over the place – because a cure for autism would be a big deal. This may be a good treatment for some children but I don't think cure is the right word. (This of course is just my personal opinion and it would never hurt to try a new treatment)
1. Manic depression
2. T
3. phobia
4. schizophrenia
5. idk
6. F
7. delusion
8. obsessive-compulsive disorder
9. You say "the following criteria," but you list no criteria. Bad question.
10. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4
11. T
12. You say "the following terms," but you list no terns. Bad question.
13. paranoid
14. panic attack
15. occur (another bad question)
16. mood disorders
17. obsessive compulsive disorder
18. paranoid
19. obsessive compulsive disorder
20. F
21. T
22. F
23. PTSD
24. is excessive for the circumstances
25. generalized anxiety disorder
26. chronic depression
27. C
28. gender identity disorder
29. F
30. Multiple Personality Disorder
31. depression
32. PTSD
33. hallucinations, delusions
34. generalized anxiety disorder
35. catatonic
36. auditory
37. pathology
38. hallucinations
39. Which of the following what? Bad question. However, a good answer is social withdrawal and lack of desire to communicate.
40. F
Reference after you give a fact that is not common knowledge, and if the citation is the same for a couple (say, 2 or 3) sentences, you don't need to reference every sentence.