Articles for tag: Sleepwalking, Somnambulism, Stages of Sleep

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Sleepwalking Dangers

As the mother of a child who was a sleepwalker, I can relate to how scary sleepwalking incidents can sometimes be for parents. Most of the time, the child will not have any recollection of his/her sleepwalking episodes and will usually outgrow sleepwalking by the teen years. Sleepwalking tends to be common in young children ...

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Sleep Physiology and Sleep Disorders

Sleep may be defined as a state of natural unconsciousness from which a person can be aroused. Despite the advances that have been made in related areas, sleep remains a complicated physiological entity that is not yet fully understood. For many years sleep was thought to be a purely passive state. Now, however, sleep is ...

Five Common Sleep Phenomena

Some of the hardest things for people to understand are the mysteries of the sleeping mind. Sleep in itself is only becoming less mysterious in recent years. Questions like “Why do we sleep?” and “Do we really need sleep?” are finally being answered. However, sleep phenomena still remain very mysterious and can be quite scary ...

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Sleepwalking: Causes, Prevention and Treatment

Sleepwalking (Somnambulism) is a disorder in which a person walks or engages in other activities while still asleep. Sleepwalking usually occurs during deep non-REM sleep (stage 3 or 4 sleep), but can also occur during light sleep. Sleepwalking is more common in children and teenagers than it does in adults. Most children usually outgrow sleepwalking ...