Category: Sleep disorders

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What causes of Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB – Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Snoring and UARS)?

So, what causes this airway narrowing or closure in obstructive sleep apnea and snoring?

Abstract: The cause is simply partial or complete closure, or obstruction of the airway at one or more levels, it may be pressure from the outside (anatomy, fat, etc.) or the inside (anatomy, muscle wall, etc.)
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In pregnancy can poor sleep increase depression?

Sleep, pregnancy and depression – is there an association?

Pregnancy can be a special time, alas it may also be a time when snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can commence or worsen. Water retention, hormonal changes and weight gain can all be factors.

For both the women and the bedpartner, just the disruption from snoring can seem to be enough, but there seems little doubt that the problem is real. In fact, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s 1998 Women and Sleep poll, 78% of women report more disturbed sleep during pregnancy than at other times.

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What is Sexomnia?

What is ‘Sleep sex’ or Sexomnia?

Sleep is promptly reversible, an important characteristic differentiating it from most other states of altered consciousness. A variant of Somnambulism, (a distinct sleep disorder in which motor acts are performed) known as sexsomnia, or “sleepsex” was first described in 1897 related to a case of somnambulism and exhibitionism (to a policeman).

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