Sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis: Introduction
Sleep paralysis: The occurrence of paralysis during ones sleep.
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causes of Sleep paralysis, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Sleep paralysis
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- INSOMNIA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- INSOMNIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Insomnia
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Paralysis
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Insomnia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Paralysis
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Insomnia
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Paralysis
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Insomnia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Paralysis
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Insomnia
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Paralysis
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- INSOMNIA
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Misdiagnosis and Sleep paralysis
RLS sleep disorder causing night-time leg sensations often misdiagnosed: A common but relatively unknown
sleep-related disorder called Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is often misdiagnosed.
The typical symptoms are night-time tingling, crawling, or burning sensations in the legs,
with the irresistable urge to move the legs.
This need for leg movement leads to tossing and turning, or getting up out of bed,
all of which interferes with the ability to fall asleep.
The sufferer then has the typical symptoms of sleep deprivation during the day: fatigue, tiredness,
morning headaches, irritability, poor concentration and so on.
This condition is sometimes misdiagnosed as other conditions
such as ADHD, sleep disorders, other causes of insomnia, or other causes of leg tingling.
Many patients also suffer from a related disorder called
Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), which causes leg spasms
or other jerky movements.
See introduction to RLS or introduction to PLMD....read more »
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Definitions of Sleep paralysis:
Sleep paralysis: brief episodic loss of voluntary movement that occurs when falling asleep (hypnagogic sleep paralysis) or when awakening (hypnopompic sleep paralysis). One of the narcoleptic tetrad. SYN: sleep dissociation.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
A common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia that occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode, which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. This condition may occur in normal subjects or be associated with NARCOLEPSY; CATAPLEXY; and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occur during REM sleep. (From Adv Neurol 1995;67:245-271)
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Detailed list of causes of Sleep paralysis
The list below shows some of the causes of Sleep paralysis mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Sleep paralysis
How Common are these Causes of Sleep paralysis?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Sleep paralysis.
Of the 2
causes of Sleep paralysis that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 0
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 2
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Sleep paralysis
Conditions listing symptoms: Sleep paralysis:
The following list of conditions
have 'Sleep paralysis' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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Gelineau's syndrome
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Narcolepsy
... sleep paralysis
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Medical Conditions associated with Sleep paralysis:
Paralysis symptoms (335 causes), Sleep symptoms (1243 causes), Sleeping problems (758 causes)
Symptoms related to Sleep paralysis:
Paralysis (335 causes), Insomnia (343 causes), Difficulty sleeping, Nightmares (12 causes), Dreams, Cataplexy
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