Glossary for Nightmares

Medical terms related to Nightmares or mentioned in this section include:

• Abnormal dreams:
• Alcohol abuse: Excessive alcohol as a symptom of other conditions
• Alcoholism: High dependence on excessive amounts of alcohol.
• Amphetamine abuse: Use of the stimulant drugs known as amphetamines or "speed"
• Ciguatera poisoning: Rare toxic food poisoning from eating contaminated fish
• Combat stress reaction: A term used in the military which refers to behaviors that result from the stress of fighting in a war.
• Dream disturbance:
• Fatigue: Excessive tiredness or weakness.
• Fentanyl toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Fever: Raised body temperature usually with other symptoms.
• Insomnia: feeling of melancholy
• Morphine toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Narcolepsy: Narcolepsy is characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.
• Neurosis: Variety of mental disorders with self-awareness
• Night terror: Night terror is a parasomnia disorder characterized by extreme terror and a temporary inability to regain full consciousness.
• Nightmares: Fear-inducing dreams during sleep
• Opioid toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Parasomnia: Parasomnia are a category of sleep disorders that involve abnormal and unnatural movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, sleeping, between sleep stages, or arousal from sleep.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Stress following a traumatic event.
• Pregnancy: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Pregnancy symptoms: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Psychological problems: Symptoms affecting emotional or psychological factors.
• Psychotic symptoms: Any symptoms which occur during a psychotic episode
• Rape trauma syndrome: A condition that occurs following sexual assault.
• Sleep symptoms: Symptoms affecting sleep patterns.
• Sleeping problems: Any problems that disturb ones sleep
• Stress: Emotional stress (sometimes refers to physical stress)
• Tramadol toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• War sailor syndrome: A type of post-traumatic stress disorder that occurred in merchant ship sailors from World War II.

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