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