Tag Archive for 'sleep_disorders'
Take A Sleep Test!
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 21st, 2007 in SLEEP Fun, SLEEP Psychology.Identifying if a person indeed has a sleeping disorder is not that easy. There are symptoms and stuff that can help in determining if a person has indeed lacked the proper amount of sleep. However with this site from Sleepnet, a person can more or less determine if he or she does indeed need sleep disorders and corresponding courses of action that he can take up to correct the said disorder.
Here is the link:
http://www.sleepnet.com/sleeptest.html
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Adjusting Your Body Clock for Work Shifts
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 14th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders.
A reality today is that most of the professions that people find them into may need the overall body adjustment of the body clock. It is something that has been a need since a lot of the current jobs, like call center agents and medical related professions as nursing. Hence, all people are susceptible in the need to adjust their sleeping and active hours making it a necessity for them to be able to be productive as a whole.
Hence, the demand for adjusting to any scenario related to the manner of living has been an obvious occurrence in our daily lives today. This is one reason why there are growing numbers of people with sleep disorders. Some have been even gotten themselves into the insomniac syndrome, something that has been gaining attention from past years.
Many have been able to cope up with it, while some have not. The truth of it all is the fact that people have to adjust and get sleep. Without sleep, a person will not be able to produce in the manner that they are expected to. The time and age today is no longer about the usual 9 to 5 jobs we have all been exposed to. It includes catering towards the working hours of companies that cater to different time zones.
Body clock adjustments are a reality. They must be given attention and proper emphasis. It is no longer a matter of being awake and getting the proper amount of sleep. It is about finding ways of how to be active and effective, things companies and people look for. Some have taken up the challenge while some are still groping for form.
Here is a good article to read on: Criss-crossing time zones hard on body
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Calling the Sandman; Sleep Wanted
1 Comment Published by Brian Yalung May 14th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP Fun, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders.
People may be familiar with the phrase that the sandman can make anyone sleep at any given time once he is around. This has gone through all the ages and for people who want to get that proper shut-eye, a lot may be wishing that this fictional character were indeed existent.
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Sleeping Disorders called Sleep Apnoea
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 13th, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders.Many of us tend are not aware that while we are sleeping. Among this is this common sleep disorder we hear as sleep apnoea. For the benefit of the people who are unaware of what sleep apnoea is, it is a sleeping disorder caused by abnormalities in breathing while a person is in this meditative stage.
We all tend to overlook this part of our everyday living. Usually, sleep disorders can be attributed to various reasons. Some of them can be traced towards stress, while others coming from hereditary reasons.

As explained by Wikipedia:
Sleep apnea or sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. These episodes, called apneas (literally, “without breath”), each last long enough so one or more breaths are missed, and occur repeatedly throughout sleep. The standard definition of any apneic event includes a minimum 10 second interval between breaths, with either a neurological arousal (3-second or greater shift in EEG frequency, measured at C3, C4, O1, or O2), or a blood oxygen desaturation of 3-4 percent or greater, or both arousal and desaturation. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called polysomnogram.
Clinically significant levels of sleep apnea are defined as 5 events of any type or greater per hour of sleep time (from the polysomnogram). There are two distinct forms of sleep apnea: Central and Obstructive. Breathing is interrupted by the lack of effort in Central Sleep Apnea; in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow despite effort. In Mixed Sleep Apnea, there is a transition from central to obstructive features during the events themselves.
Regardless of type, the individual with sleep apnea is rarely aware of having difficulty breathing, even upon awakening. Sleep apnea is recognized as a problem by others witnessing the individual during episodes or is suspected because of its effects on the body (sequelae). Symptoms may be present for years, even decades without identification, during which time the sufferer may become conditioned to the daytime sleepiness and fatigue associated with significant levels of sleep disturbance. The definitive diagnosis of sleep apnea is made by polysomnography. – Sleep Apnea
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