insomnia english

Insomnia is a sleep disorder symptoms such as difficulty sleeping or repeatedly to maintain sleep even though there is a chance for that. The symptoms are usually followed by functional impairment while awake. Insomnia is often caused by a disease or a result of psychological problems. In this case, medical or psychological assistance will be required. One of effective psychological therapy to handle insomnia is cognitive therapy. In these therapies, a patient is taught to improve sleep habits and eliminate counter-productive assumptions about sleep. Many people with insomnia depending on sleeping pills and other sedative substances to be rested. All of sedative drugs have the potential to cause psychological dependence in the form of assuming that they can not sleep without the drug. Diagnosis
Sleep medicine specialists qualified to diagnose various sleep disorders. Patients with various diseases including delayed sleep phase syndrome is often misdiagnosed as insomnia. To diagnose insomnia, to be evaluated: Patient's sleep pattern. Use of drugs, alcohol, or drugs. Levels of psychological stress. Medical history. Physical activity. The diagnosis was based on individual sleep needs. Cause
Insomnia is not a disease, but it is a symptom that has many causes, such as emotional disorders, physical disorders and the use of drugs. Difficulty sleeping often, both at a young age or old age, and often occur simultaneously with emotional disorders like anxiety, restlessness, depression or fear. Sometimes people have trouble sleeping simply because the body and brain is not tired. With increasing age, sleep tends to decrease. Stages of sleep also changes, in which stage 4 becomes shorter and eventually disappear, and at all stages more awake. These changes, although normal, often makes parents think that they are not getting enough sleep. Patterns in the early morning wake up more often found in elderly. Some people fall asleep normally but wake up several hours later and it was difficult to fall asleep again. Sometimes they sleep in a state of restless sleep and felt not satisfied. Built in the early morning, at any age, is a sign of depression. Disrupted sleep patterns of people who can experience an inverted sleep rhythm, they are not asleep at bedtime and wake up at bedtime. This often occurs as a result of: Jet lag (especially when traveling from east to west). Working at night. Frequent changes of working hours. Excessive use of alcohol. Side effects of drugs (sometimes). Damage to the brain (due to encephalitis, stroke, Alzheimer's disease). Symptom
Patients have difficulty falling asleep or frequent waking at night and feel tired all day. Treatment
Insomnia treatment depends on the cause and severity of insomnia. Parents who experience changes in sleep because of age, usually do not require treatment, because these changes are normal. Insomniacs should remain calm and relaxed a few hours before bedtime and creating a comfortable atmosphere in the bedroom; dim light and not noisy. If the cause is emotional stress, given drugs to reduce stress. If the cause is depression, given anti-depression drug. If the sleep disturbance associated with the normal activity of the patient and the patient feel healthy, can be given drugs to sleep for a while.
Duration of Sleep and Death
A survey of 1.1 million people in America conducted by the American Cancer Society found that those who reported sleeping about seven hours each night had the lowest mortality rate, while those who slept less than six hours or more than eight hours of higher level death. Sleep for 8.5 hours or more each malamdapat increase mortality by 15%. Chronic insomnia - sleep less than 3.5 hours (women) and 4.5 hours (men) can also cause an increase of 15% mortality rate. After controlling the duration of sleep and insomnia, sleeping pill use was also associated with increased mortality.




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