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Back To Sleep P M
695 wordsInsomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: 1. difficulty falling asleep 2) waking up frequently during the nighttime with difficulty returning to sleep 3) waking up to early in the morning 4) un refreshing sleep. Insomnia is not defined by the number of hours of sleep a person gets or how long it takes to fall asleep. Individuals vary normally in their need for, and their satisfaction with, sleep. Insomnia may cause proble...
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Hours Of Sleep Sleeping Pills
1,017 wordsInsomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: Waking up frequently during the night with difficulty returning to sleep Insomnia is not defined by the number of hours of sleep a person gets or how long it takes to fall asleep. Individuals vary normally in their need for, and their satisfaction with, sleep. Insomnia may cause problems during the day, such as tiredness, a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, and irritabilit...
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Rapid Eye Movement Falling Asleep
1,036 wordsThere is an old Chinese proverb that says, "Only when one cannot sleep does one know how long the night is. " If you have ever had trouble falling asleep night after night after night, you know how true that is. This condition, known as insomnia affects nearly a quarter of adults in the Unites States. Insomnia not only ruins your night by your difficulty falling asleep, it ruins your day by as you are not physically and mentally prepared to go about and do your normal work and activities. There ...
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Rem Sleep Fall Asleep
1,871 wordsHow many times during the night do we toss and turn, check the clock, and find it ticking away and tell ourselves, 'If I could fall asleep right now I would get at least five hours of sleep'? But, sleep doesn't come so we continue to toss and turn. This happens to many people and may suffer from a disorder known as insomnia. People who suffer from this disorder have many complaints, and many have similar symptoms. Symptoms can vary from stress to pain to always feeling tired. Insomnia is a very ...
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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Mad Cow Disease
1,270 wordsFatal Familial Insomnia Fatal familial insomnia is a genetic disorder. It manifests itself by many symptoms due to the degeneration of a certain part of the brain, the thalamus. The disease also results in the formation of amyloid plaques. This is the build up of a waxy substance made of proteins associated with polysaccharides. The disease is a result of a mutation of a normal protein that is associated with brain tissue. This is the prion protein. In the case of fatal familial insomnia, the mu...
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Transient And Intermittent Insomnia Transient And Intermittent Sleep
505 wordsInsomnia is the Insomnia Insomnia Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: difficulty falling asleep, waking up many times a night with troubles of falling back asleep, waking up too early, or un refreshing sleep. Insomnia is not defined by the number of hours of sleep a person gets or how long it takes them to fall asleep. Each person has different needs and satisfactions with sleep. Some signs of insomnia may include t...
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Middle Of The Night Sleeping Pills
1,206 wordsSleep! Sleep! Sleep! What exactly is sleep and why do we need it? Sleep is the state of partial or full unconsciousness by which the body restores itself. Without sleep, it would be impossible to survive. The body needs time to rejuvenate its system functions, and to temporarily shut down and rest. An appropriate amount of sleep for a young-adult is around 8 or 9 hours. The inability to fall asleep or to sleep long enough to feel rested is insomnia, which affects about 30 million people in the U...
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