Sleep Disorders
Diseases

Author: Gianpiero Pescarmona
Date: 17/03/2010

Description

DEFINITION

Sleep disorders and Insomnia are symptoms which can accompany several medical and psychiatric diseases, characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep despite the opportunity.

Sleep Deprivation mimics the biological effects of insomnia

DatabaseLink
The Diseases DatabaseSleep Disturbance
OMIMFFIPRION PGABRB3

EPIDEMIOLOGY

age, sex, seasonality, etc

SYMPTOMS

DIAGNOSIS

histopathology
radiology
NMR
laboratory tests

PATHOGENESIS

Working hypothesis: any reduction in brain ATP level (< synthesis or > breakdown) will result in poor sleep and anxia

PATIENT RISK FACTORS

Vascular

Genetic

Acquired

Hormonal

Genetic

Acquired

TISSUE SPECIFIC RISK FACTORS

anatomical (due its structure)

vascular (due to the local circulation)

physiopathological (due to tissue function and activity)

COMPLICATIONS

THERAPY

Evaluation and Management of Insomnia in the Psychiatric Setting, 2009

SIMG - Societa' Italiana di Medicina Generale
AIMS - Associazione Italiana di Medicina del Sonno
INSONNIA
L' Insonnia e' il Disturbo del Sonno piu' Diffuso in Tutto il Mondo Secondo le Definizioni Utilizzate, ne Sono Affetti da un Terzo ad un Quarto della Popolazione Mondiale. Circa il 10% della Popolazione Generale Soffre di una Forma di Insonnia Tale da Richiedere un Intervento Terapeutico. Nonostante Tutto Questo, pero', l'Insonnia Rimane Scarsamente Riconosciuta dai Medici e Quindi Sotto Diagnosticata o Non Trattata Correttamente
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