All Entries in the "Sleep Disorders" Category
Top 5 Sleep Apnea Solutions
The number of medical advancements to cure sleep disorders has seen a steep rise over the decades. Sleep disorders can be caused due to physiological or psychological symptoms. Here are 5 products that help in preventing and controlling sleep disorders of some types. 1. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Obstructive Sleep apnea is a type [...]
What Can You Do About Shift Work Sleep Disorder?
Shift work sleep disorder occurs when you have a rather peculiar job that does not exactly have the same hours over a long period of time. When your working hours change on a weekly or even daily basis, it becomes hard to retain a normal sleep schedule. Many people who have working hours that change [...]
Do You Suffer from Excessive Daytime Sleepiness?
If you are yawning all the time and feel that you want to get a nap many times during the day, you may be suffering from sleep deprivation. Excessive daytime sleepiness refers to the desire to fall asleep in the middle of the day due to a feeling of low energy level even after getting [...]
High Tech Causes of Sleeplessness and Simple Solutions
If you suffer from insomnia, the cause for this may be literally within your arm’s reach – your smart phone, tablet or other personal electronic device may be responsible for difficulties getting that shut eye. How electronic devices could interfere with sleep So many of us are constantly attached to our handheld devices – phones [...]
What Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
At night when you sleep, your body refreshes and renews itself, but at times this period of daily rest can become a danger zone. Your breathing, which is the very essence of life, can get disrupted in a number of ways causing trauma to your body. It can in some cases be severe enough to [...]
Snoring and Sleep Apnea; Insomnia and Narcolepsy – What’s the Difference
If you tend to dismiss sleep apnea as ‘mere snoring’ you would be deluding yourself. Snoring can be annoying and irritating to others, however it is only one of the warning signs of sleep apnea. Similarly one could say that narcolepsy is about the same as insomnia but that would be misguided as well. Let [...]
Managing Sleep Disorders
The inability to fall asleep at night can be a frustrating problem for many people. Everyone has experienced problems of sleeping at some time in their life; you lie awake at night, toss and turn and by morning, you feel exhausted. Acute episodes of insomnia are common, but when it becomes chronic, it can have [...]
Sleepwalking? Pessimistic? It could be Your Genes!
An estimated 1 in 10 kids and 1 in 50 adults sleepwalk, and researchers who have done a genome wide investigation have found that sleepwalking could be an inherited condition. Dr Christina A. Gurnett and others from the Washington University School of Medicine department of neurology, examined the sleepwalking patterns of four generations of a [...]
Tips to Control Snoring – Part 2
In part 1 of the post, we looked at some tips to help snoring as per the British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association; here are some more tips to control snoring that could help – 1. Certain throat sprays are available which help to target the soft tissues at the back of the throat, so [...]
Tips to Control Snoring – Part 1
Snoring has been known to disrupt many a good night’s sleep, to say nothing of entire relationships! But when it comes to snoring, there are many things that can help. According to the British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association, the following tips to control snoring could help – 1. Sleeping on one side is known [...]
