Question

what are Sleep disorders, how can you promote rest/hygiene, what is NREM & REM?

Answer 1

Sleep is a major and most important routine of all living beings as it is the phase where the body's functions are reduced and all other functions and process of the systems are high thus helps in eliminating the toxins and repairing the body. When this is affected the impact will be on enitre system of the body both physically and mentally.

Difficulty in having a sound and good sleep in called as insomnia. It is the most common type os sleep disorder.The individual finds it difficult to stay asleep or to fall asleep, the underlying causes are many some of which are depression, stress or pain due to underlying diseases.

Sleep disorders have vast classification, some of the common problems are:

1. insomina
2. sleep apnea- difficulty to breath during sleep which affects the sleep pattern. It is commonly seen in obese individual ang people with thicj tongue or tonsils or upper airway problems.
3. RLS- restless leg syndrome the urge to move the legs frequently due to the tingling sensation it is also seen in conditions like ADHD.
4. Nacrolepsy- Neurological problems where there is sudden attck of tired and the individual will fall asleep with no sogn of warning.
5. Sleep walking also called as somnambulism
6. Parasominas where thers are frequent movement of the body

There are many methods and investigative rocdure to determine the sleep disorders some of which are EEC, sleep latency test etc.

Proper management for sleep disorder is lifestyle changes which will include changes like meditation, yoga, diet changes, physical activity that will flush out the stress hormones and relax the mind. In severe cases medication like sleeping pills. dental gaurds or surgery to remove any obstruction in the airway is performed.

REM tsnads for Rapid eye movement sleep: Here the sleep is deep with rapid eye ball movement which is conjugate. It is very important part of the sleep where the dream occurs and cosolidates the memory. It occupies approximatelt 30 percent of the sleep. Other name is paradoxiacal sleep

NREM stands for Non-Rapid eye movement sleep: No movements of the eyeballs and occupies approximately 80 percent with no dreams it is also called as slow wave sleep.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REM AND NREM

CHARACTER	REM	NREM
BLOOD PRESSURE	undulate	steady
HEART RATE	undulate	steady
EYEMOVEMNTS	present	absent
DREAM	present	absent
RESPIRATION	undulate	steady
BODY TEMPERATURE	undulate	steady
NEUROTRANSMITTER	noradrenaline	serotonin
MUSCLE TWITCHING	present	absent