Sleep counts as more than 1 in 3 of the time of life. If the life span is 80 years, it counts as a period of more than 25 years that we have to sleep. And during sleep the body helps the systems of the body to rest, to be restored, and to put in order the nervous system and the chemical substances in the body. Sleeping with quality is therefore a matter of great importance to life. But how can we be sure that we really sleep normally?
Sleep with quality is not limited to the hours of sleep alone, but also means sleep in which one sleeps soundly, wakes up refreshed, and the body has really rested.
The risks that may arise in connection with sleep range from a state of stopping breathing while asleep (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), not sleeping (Insomnia), being abnormally sleepy (Hypersomnia), Circadian rhythm disorder), abnormal behaviour while asleep (Parasomnia), abnormal behaviour during sleep (Sleep related movement disorder), which can be observed from several symptoms, both those that can be observed by yourself and those for which others must be asked to help, such as the symptoms below
▸ Not sleeping, which comes from several causes, from mental symptoms such as worry and overthinking, certain medicines that have an effect of stimulating the nerves, various diseases, environmental factors that make one unable to sleep such as light and sound, or sleeping without a known cause; waking up and feeling unrefreshed, with a dull headache, and an abnormally dry mouth
▸ Sleeping too much, from an abnormality of the nervous system in which one is sleepy even though one has had enough sleep and has not gone without sleep, such as the disease Narcolepsy, falling asleep suddenly, having abnormal sleepiness during the daytime, sleep paralysis, and others
▸ Sleeping at irregular times, such as going to bed late and waking up late abnormally, Phase sleep disorder, or Irregular sleep-wake rhythm
▸ Abnormal behaviour while asleep, such as grinding the teeth while asleep (Bruxism), sleepwalking, snoring, twitching legs, seizures, Rapid eye movement parasomnia, difficult or obstructed breathing
▸ A state of stopping breathing while asleep
Some symptoms are a signal of a disease that may have a danger severe enough to threaten life, and most patients are usually not aware of these abnormalities themselves. If someone close gives information, or if symptoms similar to those above are found, a diagnosis should be received from a doctor or from staff, such as an examination of sleep with the instrument Polysomnogtraphy, or doing a Sleep test, for good health.