Sleep Disorders

Panic Attack A panic attack is a sudden and unexpected period of intense fear or discomfort. Your heart beat increases, you feel dizzy, and it is hard to catch your breath. Attacks are terrifying and can happen anywhere anytime. People begin breathing very rapidly and complain that their heart is b ...Continue Reading

Narcolepsy - The Management Of A Common Sleep Disorder By Donald Saunders Narcolepsy, a chronic and commonly diagnosed sleep disorder, affects over a quarter of a million Americans each year (approximately one person in every two thousand). Characterized by the body's inability to properly regulat ...Continue Reading

Night Guard A night guard is a thin piece of hard plastic made from impressions of your teeth placed on the upper or lower teeth. Night guard is hard and durable, but it protects the teeth from wear since it is softer than teeth. Night guard is adjusted to fit your bite evenly and smoothly when yo ...Continue Reading

Nightmares What are nightmares? Nightmares are scary dreams. Nightmares awake the children and make them afraid to go back to sleep. One out of every 4 children has nightmares more than once a week. Nightmares may happen for no known reason, but sometimes occur when your child has seen or heard thin ...Continue Reading

Nyctophobia Nyctophobia means fear of night or darkness. It is also known as Scotophobia. Nyctophobia is present when you are frightened beyond more than the circumstances or object would cause. And for these circumstances, there may be absolutely no reason whatsoever for you to be afraid about. It ...Continue Reading

Narcolepsy Treatments Although there is no cure for narcolepsy, narcolepsy treatment options are available to help reduce the various symptoms. Treatments for narcolepsy are individualized depending on the severity of the symptoms, and it may take weeks or months for an optimal regimen to be work ...Continue Reading

Nighttime Heartburn Nighttime heartburn can really affect your sleep. Nighttime heartburn, also called as chronic heartburn which is severe and sows no mercy. Heartburn often occurs on the premises of physiological abnormalities at the level of the gastro-esophageal tract. Heartburn is the burning ...Continue Reading

Night Sweats In Men The term menopause derives from the same origin as the word menstruation, and literally means ‘cessation of periods', so there can't be a male menopause because in men there is no ‘meno' to pause. True, levels of the male sex hormone testosterone produced by the test ...Continue Reading

Narcolepsy Narcolepsy – An Overview Narcolepsy is a chronic (long lasting) disease of the brain (central nervous system). Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is the main symptom and is present in 100% of patients with narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes overwhelming and&nbs ...Continue Reading

Nocturnal Asthma Nocturnal asthma is described as the asthma of patients whose symptoms strike mostly at night. Nocturnal asthma attacks occur often between mid night and 8 A.M in the morning. The pulmonary functions are at lowest level at this time because circulating blood vessels of epinephrine ...Continue Reading