conclusions the most important factor in diagnosis is physician’s attention and clinical experience with this condition and using irlssg. results two major theories are developed regarding the pathophysiology of rls. the first one concerns central nervous system dopamine imbalance and the second one concerns intracellular iron dysregulation. the most common used pharmacologic agents in treatmen...

Pediatric sleep disorders are common, affecting approximately 25% to 40% of children and adolescents. Although there are several different types of sleep disorders that affect youth, each disorder can have a significant impact on daytime functioning and development, including learning, growth, behavior, and emotion regulation. Researchers are only beginning to uncover the interaction between sl...

Sleep-related disorders are most prevalent in the older adult population. A high prevalence of medical and psychosocial comorbidities and the frequent use of multiple medications, rather than aging per se, are major reasons for this. A major concern, often underappreciated and underaddressed by clinicians, is the strong bidirectional relationship between sleep disorders and serious medical prob...

Sleep disorders can be broadly classified into: (a) insomnia, (b) parasomnia, (c) sleep disorders associated with psychiatric, neurologic and other medical disorders, and (d) proposed sleep disorders (e.g. pregnancy and menstrual related sleep disorders).1 Insomnia is a common encounter in primary care consultations2 and constitutes the commonest sleep problem3,4 that presents to the general pr...

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and 70% of pregnant women have some of the depression symptoms. These disorders are the result of physiological changes, hormonal, physical, pregnancy which occur from different causes and can affect disorders before, during and after childbirth be involved in causing depression and may be aggravated by disregarding health behavi...

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and can affect disorders before, during and after childbirth can be involved in causing depression during pregnancy, according to studies the poor quality of sleep in the second trimester of pregnancy is directly related to depressive symptoms in late pregnancy,Also gender difference may have a role in depression. This study aime...

objective headaches are common during childhood. in addition, sleep disorders are common problems in children, too. although it is commonly thought that headache and sleep problems are related, there is not enough evidence to confirm this relationship. finding evident relations between these problems would help practitioners a lot to make earlier diagnosis and plan treatment modalities for both...

The aim of this manuscript is to describe the procedures, recommendations, findings and value of the diagnostic methods used in sleep disorders, including questionnaires, actigraphy, polysomnography and the multiple sleep latency test. Specific questionnaires, including those evaluating sleep quality, hypersomnolence, respiratory sleep disorders and sleep-wake cycle are generally used to screen...