Sleep Disorders, Often Unrecognized, Complicate Many Physical Illnesses
Article Abstract:
Some medical conditions can cause sleep disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, gastrointestinal tract diseases, cancer, epilepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea. Hemodialysis can also cause excessive sleepiness.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Illness, not age itself, most often the trigger of sleep problems in older adults
Article Abstract:
Many diseases can interfere with sleep, according to a conference on sleep, health, and aging held in the spring of 2003. Obstructive sleep apnea, kidney disease, arrhythmias, heart failure, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and depression can all affect the quantity and quality of sleep. All doctors should ask their elderly patients about sleep problems, since two-thirds of elderly Americans report sleep problems but less than 10% have discussed the problem with their doctor.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Chronic Pain Linked With Poor Sleep; Exploration of Causes and Treatment
Article Abstract:
Researchers discussed ways to help patients with chronic pain sleep better at night at a January, 1999 conference. About one-fourth of US adults have pain that occasionally disrupts their sleep, mostly from back pain and headaches. Research shows that patients in pain have more light sleep, less deep slow-wave sleep, and more frequent awakenings. The brain stem can inhibit pain during sleep but high intensity pain can overload the system. Some pain-killers can alter sleep patterns, including opoids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anticonvulsants, and corticosteroids. Patients should alternate periods of rest with periods of activity.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Ready, sets, go! How to determine the right number of sets for you. Strip down: reach new muscular heights with drop sets
- Abstracts: Disclosure to the reader of institutional review board approval and informed consent. The Contributions of Authors
- Abstracts: Siblings, day-care attendance, and the risk of asthma and wheezing during childhood. Asthma and wheezing in the first six years of life
- Abstracts: Antibiotic resistance patterns of group B streptococci in late third-trimester rectovaginal cultures. Late third-trimester treatment of rectovaginal group B streptococci with benzathine penicillin G
- Abstracts: Amoxillin-clavulanate vs ciprofloxacin for the treatment of uncomplicated cystitis in women. A prospective study of asymptomatic bacteriuria in sexually active young women