Hypersomnia
| Subclass of | sleep disorder, neurological disorder, sleep disturbance, disease  |
|---|---|
| Health specialty | neurology, sleep medicine |
| Drug or therapy used for treatment | modafinil, armodafinil, methylphenidate, sodium oxybate |
| ICD-9-CM | 327.13, 780.54 |
| ICPC 2 ID | P06 |
| NCI Thesaurus ID | C78346 |
Hypersomnia be a neurological disorder of excessive time dem spend sleeping anaa excessive sleepiness. E fi get chaw possible causes (such as seasonal affective disorder) wey e fi cause distress den problems plus functioning.[1] Insyd de fifth edition of de Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), hypersomnolence, of wich der be chaw subtypes, dey appear under sleep-wake disorders.[2]
Hypersomnia be a pathological state wey be characterized by a lack of alertness during de waking episodes of de day.[3] E for no be confused plus fatigue, wich be a normal physiological state.[4] Daytime sleepiness dey appear most commonly during situations wer little interaction be needed.[5]
Since hypersomnia dey impair patient ein attention levels (wakefulness), quality of life fi be impacted as well.[6] Dis be especially true for people whose jobs dey request high levels of attention, such as insyd de healthcare field.[6]
Dis for no be confused plus clinophilia, a sleep disorder wer a person intentionally dey refuse to get out of bed, regardless of a disease anaa no be disease.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Sleep Disorders". American Psychiatric Association. 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "Recent Updates to Proposed Revisions for DSM-5: Sleep-Wake Disorders". DSM-5 Development. American Psychiatric Association.
- ↑ American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The international classification of sleep disorders: diagnostic & coding manual (2nd ed). Westchester, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2005.
- ↑ Grossman, A., Barenboim, E., Azaria, B., Sherer, Y., & Goldstein, L. (2004). The maintenance of wakefulness test as a predictor of alertness in aircrew members with idiopathic hypersomnia. Aviation, space, and environmental medicine, 75(3), 281–283.
- ↑ Wise, M. S., Arand, D. L., Auger, R. R., Brooks, S. N., & Watson, N. F. (2007). Treatment of narcolepsy and other hypersomnias of central origin. Sleep, 30(12), 1712–1727.
- 1 2 Morgenthaler, T. I., Kapur, V. K., Brown, T. M., Swick, T. J., Alessi, C., Aurora, R. N., … Zak, R. (2007). Practice Parameters for the Treatment of Narcolepsy and other Hypersomnias of Central Origin. Sleep, 30(12), 1705‑1711. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/30.12.1705
External links
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- Help: I can't stay awake! Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – Public Radio Interview with Dr. David Rye
- med/3129 at eMedicine – "Primary Hypersomnia"
