The Sleep Wellness Center at Wise Health System can help diagnose a wide variety of sleep disorders, helping you get the sleep you need to lead a healthy, productive life.
Are You a Sleep Study Candidate?
If you suffer from any of the following symptoms, you may have a sleep disorder that can be diagnosed and treated by the WHS Sleep Wellness Center:
- Loud, disruptive snoring
- Pauses in breathing during sleep
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Frequent kicking or jerking during sleep
- Waking frequently during the night
- Headache and/or fatigue in the mornings
- Sleep walking, sleep talking
- Nightmares
Individuals suffering from obesity, heart or respiratory diseases, depression, and muscular diseases may also be at an increased risk of experiencing sleep disorders.
The Importance of Sleep
Sleeping is a complex process and greatly influences our waking hours. Without enough sleep, a person’s ability to perform even the simplest of tasks declines dramatically. Each year sleep-related accidents cause death, injury, lost productivity and cost billions of dollars in health care and damaged property.
Sleep Disorders
A sleep disorder is a medical condition that affects sleep patterns and can interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. Some of the more common sleep disorders are:
- Insomnia is characterized by difficulty falling and/or staying asleep.
- Narcolepsy causes overwhelming and severe daytime sleepiness that often occurs at inappropriate times and places.
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) produces intense, often irresistible urges to move the legs, usually when trying to sleep or a “tingling sensation” when a person lies down to sleep.
- Sleep Apnea involves brief periods during sleep when a person stops breathing, often for up to a minute and can occur 20-30 times or more in an hour.
Sleep Problems in Children?
Children and adolescents need at least 9 hours of sleep per night. Sleep problems and a lack of sleep can have negative effects on children’s performance in school, during extracurricular activities and in social relationships.
A lack of sleep may cause:
- Accidents and injuries
- Behavior problems
- Mood problems
- Memory, concentration and learning problems
- Performance problems
- Slower reaction times
Signs of Sleep Problems in Children
Talk to your pediatrician if your child exhibits any of the following signs of a sleep problem:
- Problems with sleeping through the night
- Unexplained decrease in daytime performance
- Unusual events during sleep such as sleepwalking or nightmares
- Breathing pauses during sleep
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Snoring
- Difficulty staying awake
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