Sleep Deprivation BY: A.J. FORD What is Sleep Deprivation? A sleep disorder characterized by having too little sleep‚ can be chronic or acute. Long – term sleep deprivation (lasts four days or longer) is quite uncomfortable. Effects: -Health ; in form of physical & mental impairment‚ impairs our ability to think‚ handle stress‚ maintain a healthy immune system and moderate emotions. •Depression •Heart Disease •Hypertension •Irritability •Slower reaction times •Slurred speech •Tremors •Weight Change
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Points and Losing Your Zzz’s Sleep is becoming a popular topic of research in today’s world of healthcare and psychology. Sleep affects how we function throughout the day and both mental and physical aspects of our health. On average‚ most people need 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night; but how much of the population actually meet this criteria? A study by the Center for Disease Control in 2009 shows that 35.3% of young adult respondents reported less than 7 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period‚ and that
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Sleep Deprivation About one in three adults fail to get enough sleep each night. Sleep deprivation occurs when a person doesn’t get enough hours of sleep. On average most adults need about seven to eight hours of sleep a night. There are many different causes of sleep deprivation‚ these causes lead to certain effects on a person. There are also many ways to avoid and cope with sleep deprivation. Sleep is needed to “charge” a persons body‚ especially the brain and without sleep the body will not
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1 - SLEEP DISORDERS Sleep Terrors Table of Contents Introduction p 3 Body p 3 Definition p 3 Overview p 3 Diagnosis p 5 Symptoms p 5 Treatment‚ Prognosis‚ and Prevention p 6 Role of the Polysomnographic Technologist p 7 Polysomnograpic Record p 8 Summary/Conclusion p 9 References p 10 Sleep Terrors Sleep terrors are commonly known by a few terms‚ including sleep terrors‚ night terrors‚ sleep terror
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Sleep Deprivation Introduction Attention Material: Blame it on the light bulb. College students and individuals across the country are suffering from a health problem that can be more detrimental to their health than some forms of cancer. What is it? Sleep Deprivation. Motivation Material: People are losing sleep daily‚ in such a fashion that most have trouble staying awake during work‚ driving‚ or even in class. Thesis & Overview: Sleep deprivation is a serious medical situation that can
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Sleep Deprivation Essay Circadian rhythms are biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle. This is the earth’s cycle of days and nights that our bodies adapt to by developing a pattern of bodily functions. Our alertness‚ core body temperature‚ moods‚ learning efficiency‚ blood pressure‚ metabolism‚ and pulse rate all follow these circadian rhythms. When these rhythms are disrupted‚ that is when we begin to have problems with our sleep. A lack of sleep causes increased fatigue‚ decreased concentration
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People are getting less sleep in today ’s society than they did 80 years ago (Myers 54). Although not every person needs to sleep the standard number of 8 hours a night‚ everyone has a set number they need to meet in order to function optimally. About 20% of Americans are reporting that they are getting less than 6 hours of sleep a night (Davis). Modern inventions like computers‚ television‚ and social diversions are making this hard to achieve (Myers 53). Many people have the misconception that
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REM sleep is the process of phases in which there is low physical movement‚ and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. The phase is also known as paradoxical sleep and sometimes desynchronized sleep because of the physiological similarities to being awake‚ including rapid‚ low-voltage desynchronized brain waves. The right and left hemispheres of the brain are more coherent in REM sleep‚ especially during lucid dreams. Two other neurotransmitters seem to promote wakefulness‚ diminish during
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English Importance of sleep. Sleep is very important and beneficial part of our lives. Sleep helps us to have a better quality of life‚ but nowadays not sleeping well has become part of the lives of many people. The sleep needed is between 7 to 9 hours‚ but some people get 6 hours or less. Sleep deficiency can be presented at any time of our lives‚ as adult people‚ teenagers and even in children. Sleeping well helps us physically and mentally. It is known that sleep plays an important role and
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Explaining a Concept: Sleep Have you ever wondered what happens in our sleep? Why do we even need sleep? Sleep is very unique as we are unconscious when it occurs. Most of our activity while we sleep occurs in the brain as it doesn’t simply shut off but instead keeps activity. The Brain’s activity during sleep can be put into 4 different stages and then we enter what we call REM sleep. This is the most Important part of sleep where our bodies recover for the next day. It is a very common belief
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