Myths About Sleep Disorders
In addition to OSA, sleep paralysis, and insomnia, including the type of sleep disturbance is often the case. Unfortunately, these two sleep disorders are often experienced due to changes in understanding myth and popular belief is growing.
Sleep Paralysis
To the layman, this sleep disorder, better known as "sleep paralysis". According to public confidence, sleep paralysis occurs when the spirits that occupy us are sleeping, so we packed and difficult to move. Though the condition when a person is dreaming and feel crowded as it is caused by mixing of REM sleep by waking condition. Characteristics can be seen through the eye movement and rapid brain images like those in the waking state, but the tone (tension) muscle weakness.
"Indeed we are experiencing sleep paralysis when muscle tone is weak compared to most other sleep stages. The goal is good, so when we do not participate demonstrating dream. Imagine if we dream of running or jumping, and we can move the body, it would be dangerous, "said the doctor.
In conclusion, sleep paralysis include normal that happens only occasionally. But it is questionable if this condition occurs more than once a week. "If it's too often, we already have started to suspect a sleep state. Often wake up when the REM phase could be due to sleep apnea sleep disturbed by that, "he added.
Insomnia
This assumption is wrong is when someone who is frequently late or sleeping late is called insomnia. In fact, insomnia is a term for someone who is given the opportunity to sleep but would not go into the sleep cycle.
Insomnia itself consists of two categories, namely chronic and chronic. "It can be said to be chronic if it occurs steadily for more than three months. This could be due to trauma and the impact of depression. Another case when a person feels depressed but can not sleep until the next day was quiet, it's open insomnia, "said a doctor.
However, chronic insomnia can not become chronic if handled wrong. For example, if a lot of "pay" to sleep in the daytime as at night unable to sleep or sleeping pills if you eat more than a safe dose. Such things, in the end it may lead to chronic insomnia. The most commonly perceived impact of insomnia is depression and fatigue. In addition, the doctor says that insomnia can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Qualified Sleep Characteristics
Sleep quality can be mixed from fresh taste without sleep when you wake up. This can be achieved if the sleep cycle has been running smoothly without any factor constrained. "The cycle is divided into sleeping in the bed was easy when we wake up, sleep in or sleep, and the Rapid Eye Movement sleep when we dream," said the doctor. If the comparison of the three balanced, meaning you have quality sleep.
While the views of the quantity, everyone has different requirements on the number of hours of sleep. Generally, the needs are divided by age, ie sixteen hours for infants, eight to ten hours for children and adolescents, then six to eight hours for adults.
"As if it is disturbed snoring, waking someone so easily because of choking or stopped breathing. As a result, the sleep cycle is not smooth. This resulted in it rarely reaches the REM cycle and more often in the first cycle of sleep in a sleeping alias. Cycle out of balance, sleep quality did not, "said a doctor who last year took the Sleep School in Singapore.
In addition to hours of regular sleep, regular exercise can help to produce quality sleep. "But, avoid exercise in the evening because we take four hours to reduce the adrenaline to be able to sleep well," added the doctor. While the consumption of caffeine should be avoided as twelve hours before bedtime.
