Did you know that famous people napped? If you don’t get enough sleep you will get into sleep debt. According to sources #1‚ one effect of sleep debt is that people have trouble remembering things. Most people are in sleep debt. Although there are claims that a person cannot offset the effects of sleep debt‚ they are untrue. The first reason naps are generally shipshape for people is they help people know what they are doing. Source 1 discusses how naps give a brief increase in people’s brain
Premium Sleep Sleep deprivation Sleep disorder
The majority of people either do not take snoring seriously or they are ashamed of it. However‚ loud snoring that goes in hand with daytime exhaustion can be a sign of sleep apnea. Sleep apnea leaves one fatigued throughout the day‚ can be harmful to health‚ affect the mood and how one associate with their bed partner. What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder which interrupts breathing while a person is sleeping. People suffering from apnea are likely not to be aware of the many‚ short
Premium Sleep Sleep disorder Sleep deprivation
How are you and the rest of the family? I am writing to you because the material I have been learning about in psychology relates to the issues that Mother has recently been having. Last week‚ we covered the topic of sleep‚ and I was able to learn a lot about the subject. The primary tool used that has lead to a great deal of discoveries in the field of sleep and dreams is called an electroencephalograph (EEG). It is basically a device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over a certain
Premium Sleep Sleep deprivation Sleep disorder
Signs and Symptoms of a Deviated Septum Did you find yourself suffering from frequent colds‚ trouble breathing‚ loud snoring‚ or chronic sinusitis? The shape of your nasal cavity may be to blame. Your nasal septum consists of cartilage and bone‚ and this divides the nasal cavity into two halves. However‚ for many individuals their nasal septum is crooked or off centered which can create an imbalance that can make a simple task such as breathing difficult. For some‚ their deviated septum does not
Premium Sleep Sleep deprivation Sleep disorder
Many people have difficulty sleeping from time to time. It can be contributed to minor things such as foods eaten before bed or more serious medical conditions. Not getting enough sleep every once in a while is common. Simple changes can often remedy the problem and get you back on track within one night or a few days. When you are consistently not getting enough sleep and changes in diet‚ sleep habits‚ and your lifestyle are not helping‚ you may be suffering from a sleep disorder. It is important
Premium Sleep Sleep disorder Sleep deprivation
Sleep Apnea By: Matthew George Com/156 What if you were cutting years from your life away and what’s worse is happening while you sleep? Do you find yourself feeling fatigued over the daytime and people closest to you complain about your loud snoring at night? You could be like most Americans and have an undiagnosed sleeping disorder known as Sleep Apnea. “Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. You may have sleep apnea if you
Premium Obesity Sleep Sleep apnea
Now the question here today is why do we sleep. While this might seem to be a simple question to answer for most there are actually quit a few theories that have been developed and question as far back as the Greek philosophers‚ to explain why humans need to sleep in order to survive. First lets start off with that sleep means. The definition of sleep‚ according to the Cambridge English Dictionary is the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious. Now‚ having the definition
Premium Sleep Sleep deprivation Sleep disorder
Khiaria Wilkerson February 6‚ 2013 HSC2100.310 Self Assessment Paper Evaluating Your Lifestyle and Planning for Change The first part of self assessing me was pretty important because it was a sum of my whole lifestyle in one. Giving me an overall look on what I should change or if I should even change any of my habits. My smoking score was a perfect 10‚ which was not surprising at all to me. My alcohol/drug score for this was seven points because I do drink. The score for my eating and exercising
Premium Sleep Parent Sleep disorder
It is estimated that 2.7 to 6.7 million people have Afib. There are 25 million people living with obstructive sleep apnea‚ or OSA. One percent of the patients in my office have both conditions. The Afib/OSA Profile My typical patient is a middle-aged person. Both men and women can have Afib and OSA. Many patients complain that they have an irregular heartbeat‚ night sweats and cannot sleep. Some patients also show up exhibiting symptoms of sleep apnea‚ such as shortness of breath‚ extreme fatigue
Premium Sleep Sleep disorder Sleep medicine
Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs When it comes to a situation in which I did not get enough sleep‚ with going to school and working full time and having children there are many situations where I did not get enough sleep. The situation I chose out of all of them was not that long ago. I wake up at 6:00 am‚ drive to Glendora‚ CA from Pomona‚ CA to wake up my children and have them get ready for school‚ then I go back to Pomona‚ CA to clean the house or I go back to the Glendora‚ CA to work
Free Sleep deprivation Sleep Sleep disorder