Most common types of Sleep Disorder:
1. Restless legs syndrome: A condition characterised by a nearly irresistible urge to move the legs, typically in the evenings.
2. Jet lag: A sleep disorder that can affect those who travel quickly across multiple time zones.
3. Narcolepsy: A chronic sleep disorder that causes overwhelming daytime drowsiness.
4. Sleepwalking: The act of getting up and walking around while asleep.
5. Obstructive sleep apnea: Intermittent airflow blockage during sleep.
6. Insomnia: Persistent problems falling and staying asleep.
1. Restless legs syndrome: A condition characterised by a nearly irresistible urge to move the legs, typically in the evenings.
2. Jet lag: A sleep disorder that can affect those who travel quickly across multiple time zones.
3. Narcolepsy: A chronic sleep disorder that causes overwhelming daytime drowsiness.
4. Sleepwalking: The act of getting up and walking around while asleep.
5. Obstructive sleep apnea: Intermittent airflow blockage during sleep.
6. Insomnia: Persistent problems falling and staying asleep.
Called Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), it’s an extremely rare genetic disease that causes progressively worsening sleeplessness.
Difficulty in sleeping soon turns into total insomnia, causing rapid physical and mental deterioration and, inevitably, death.
Caused by a mutation to the protein PrPC, it has been found in just 40 families worldwide. The first recorded was in Venice in 1765.
Difficulty in sleeping soon turns into total insomnia, causing rapid physical and mental deterioration and, inevitably, death.
Caused by a mutation to the protein PrPC, it has been found in just 40 families worldwide. The first recorded was in Venice in 1765.
