| Many children experience sleep disorders. | | | | |
| They vary from night terrors and sleep | | | | The most common sleep disorders include |
| walking to serious breathing disorders. The | | | | nightmares/night terrors, sleepwalking |
| most common causes of daytime sleep are | | | | talking, bruxism, head banging or rolling and |
| insufficient sleep at night and abnormal or | | | | bedwetting (enuresis.) A child's fear of the |
| other unhygienic sleep practices. | | | | dark can worsen sleep disorders. This often |
| | | | results in nightmares. Sleepwalking, also |
| About 30% of children have sleep disorders in | | | | called somnambulism) is a harmless disorder |
| their childhood. The sleep-environment | | | | if the parents can make the environment safe. |
| history of a person is a very important | | | | Talking while asleep is also harmless. |
| factor when diagnosing sleep disorders. A | | | | Bruxism (grinding and gnashing the teeth |
| child cycles between light and deep sleep | | | | during sleep) is an annoying sleep disturber. |
| phases during sleep. During each light sleep, | | | | It can even lead to dental problems. Most |
| there is more chance for the child to wake | | | | children are head rollers or head bangers |
| up. Normally, school aged children need 9 to | | | | during their sleep. It is another harmless |
| 12 hours of sleep at night. If a child can go | | | | disorder that would normally disappear before |
| to bed, fall asleep, wake up easily and not | | | | adolescence. It is advisable to consult a |
| felt tired during the day, then he is getting | | | | doctor in case of prolonged occurrence of |
| enough sleep. | | | | bedwetting. |
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| The symptoms of children's sleep disorders | | | | The most common breathing disorder derived |
| are often different than the symptoms of an | | | | from sleep disorders is apnea (OSA). It is |
| adult. So it is important that for parents | | | | very common in preschool-age children. Its |
| and caregivers give special attention when | | | | symptoms are snoring, restless sleep, |
| treating a child?s sleep disorders. The | | | | breathing interruption, chronic mouth |
| common symptoms include falling asleep in the | | | | breathing, difficulty awakening, bedwetting |
| classroom, during conversations, during a | | | | and problems with school performance. |
| journey, or while watching the television or | | | | Pediatric sleep disorders are mostly |
| reading a book. Carelessness and mood swings | | | | treatable diseases. |
| are often symptoms of sleep disorders. | | | | |