Polysomnography (PSG) is a sleep study that records several changes in your physical body as you sleep. The breakdown of term is as follows: “Poly” which means “many”, “somn” which means “sleep” and “graphy” which means “writing or to record.” So putting each part together, poly-somno-graphy means we record many things in sleep. The polysomnography records… Read more »
• One-Third of our lives are spent in sleep. • Learning and memory is directly tied to sleep. • In 1998, in the U.S.A. there were 2,474,430 disabling injuries resulting from accidents where decreased mental efficiency and attentiveness due to sleep loss was the major causative factor. • Sleep Apnea is an independent rick factor… Read more »
Understanding Normal Sleep Is The Key To Understanding Any Sleep Disorder The key to understanding any sleep disorder is understanding normal sleep. Just as there are there are different types of sleep disorders, there are different types of sleep studies. There are different indications as well. Here are three of the most common sleep studies… Read more »
Sleep deprivation is a known trigger for seizures. And people with epilepsy can have increases in types of sleep disorders that may influence there seizure control. Our site focuses on sleep disorders. But this post has a focus on seizure disorders. OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is more prevalent in the Epilepsy population. It is well… Read more »
There was a time when having your tonsils removed seemed like a childhood rite of passage. “We went through a time years ago where everybody got their tonsils out very quickly,” says Dr. Daniel McKenna, an otolaryngologist with the medical staff of Lee Memorial Health System. It eliminated frequent bouts of tonsillitis, which used to… Read more »
