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Classification
INSOMNIAS
AETIOLOGY:
PRIMARY INSOMNIA
Idiopathic Insomnia
MANAGEMENT
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL
INSOMNIA
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION
MANAGEMENT
BEHAVIOURAL INSOMNIA IN
CHILDREN
SECONDARY INSOMNIA
ADJUSTMENT INSOMNIA:
This is generally transient or short term, is related to an
acute stressor and resolves when the stress is relieved.
INADEQUATE SLEEP HYGIENE:
This is due to daily practices inconsistent with adequate
sleep, such as variable sleep and wake times, inappropriately
timed use of caffeine and keeping television on during the
might.
SECONDARY TO PSYCHIATRIC, MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR
ALCOHOL:
Active psychiatric disorders associated with insomnia include
depression, anxiety and some to form disorders.
GENERAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF
PRIMARY INSOMNIA
GENERAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF
PRIMARY INSOMNIA
MANAGEMENT OF INSOMNIA
PHARMACOLOGIC THERAPY
PHARMACOLOGIC THERAPY
NARCOLEPSY
NARCOLEPSY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
TREATMENT
Excessive daytime sleeping
TREATMENT: CATAPLEXY
CLINICAL FEATURES
TREATMENT
CENTRAL APNEA
PARASOMNIAS
Disorders of arousal
SLEEP TERRORS.
Sleep terrors are frightening nocturnal events involving a
piercing scream, followed by fearful behaviour and
sympathetic hyperactivity, which differentiate these events
from sleep walking.
Event onset is abrupt with patients exhibiting tachypnea,
tachycardia
CONFUSIONAL AROUSAL
Confusional arousal ( sleep drunkness) is excessive sleep
inertia following arousal from NREM sleep stage 3.
Events can be induced with forced arousal and patients
usually have difficulty remembering the events.
Common presentation include individual striking out at family
members who wake them or an individual walking outside
unknowingly.
NIGHT MARES.
Nightmares
Patients with sleep related eating disorder typically eat highcalorie or peculiar foods such as raw meats, cake mix, boxes
of cookies or coffee ground.
This patient may note unexplained weight gain, have morning
anoxia and note day time fatigue.
CATATHRENIA
Catathrenia (nocturnal groaning syndrome) is characterized
by a light-to-persistent expiratory groan occurrinfg
intermittently during the night.
The groan typically starts about 2 to 6hrs after sleep onset
and occurs primarily in REM and light staga on NREM.
The sound is produced as part of expiration and can be
prolong and monotonous.
Patients may display an anguished expression despite their
lacks of awareness of the vocalization.
SLEEP ENURESIS.
Sleep Enuresis