Friday, October 10, 2014

Monitoring And Observation Are How Chicago Area Sleep Medicine Center Helps Insomnia Suffers Get Relief

By Allan Bigarda


Insomnia is a condition that covers a number of sleep disorders. However, not all sleep disorders are characterized by the inability to doze off and remain asleep throughout the night. At the Chicago Insomnia Diagnostic facility, exhausted individuals are being tested and advised.

Before monitoring can be done and a care plan devised, an assessment is done. There is a physical component to rule out any condition other than a sleep disorder. A medical history is recorded. After the evaluation is complete, a plan for overnight monitoring can be implemented.

The goal is to determine what is blocking the ability to sleep. It may be stress that causes someone to clench his teeth. Another factor preventing sleep may be restless leg syndrome. Then there are related disorders such as sleep apnea, which is a short interlude in which a person stops breathing for moments at irregular intervals.

Narcolepsy is a troubling disorder. Apparently the brain cannot regulate the normal cycles of light and darkness. This person will be very sluggish during the day due to lack of sleep. He may doze off instantaneously at any time in the middle of the day. No one understands this brain disorder.

It is exemplified by extreme drowsiness in the daytime and the instantaneous loss of muscular function she transitions from being awake to being asleep in one second. Cataplexy, the loss of muscle tone can be put into motion by an emotionally upsetting event.

The behavior referred to as sleepwalking is mocked in cartoons and involves doing something while asleep and being unaware of it. There is an eating disorder that is related. The person walking around in a semi-conscious state eats large amounts of food. In some cases, non-food items such as cigarette butts and coffee grounds are consumed.

An overnight observation is conducted at the clinic to determine the cause of any one of these disorders. They are found in women more often than men. Unless resolved, insomnia can lead to dangerous episodes. In rare cases the individual may drive a car while asleep.




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