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Article #269: Sleep Disorders in Children

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






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