Sleep Disorders (Medical Definition) | Quick Explainer Video

What is a sleep disorder? What is sleep apnea? This video covers the medical definition and provides a brief overview of this topic.

➡️ Sleep Physiology
Sleep physiology refers to the study of how and why we sleep. Simply put, sleep is a state in which there is an absence of wakefulness that is metabolically regulated and essential for human life. A sleep disorder is a condition that affects the quality, duration, timing, or impact of a patient’s ability to sleep or function properly while awake.

➡️ Common Sleep Disorders
- Insomnia
- Sleep Apnea
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Hypersomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Sleepwalking
- Parasomnia

➡️ Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is the most common disorder that Respiratory Therapists see in patients. However, it is important to be familiar with each of the other sleep disorders listed. We've covered sleep apnea in much more detail in other videos on our channel, so definitely check those out if you want to learn more. For this one, we just wanted to provide you with a brief overview of this topic.

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⏰TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Sleep Physiology
0:46 - Common Sleep Disorders
0:58 - Sleep Apnea

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[davidrobinson]

Thanks for the brevity. It was specific clear and overly full of detail...

[bibihealth]

important sleep. I often lose sleep. I will apply it

[SABBIRK]

Hi please help

I'm 26 years old guy who gone through major depression and anxiety last year. My doctor prescribed me "Remeron 15 mg+ sertraline 50 mg+ Clopramin 25.

I'm taking these medication

Note that before take those medication also dream everynight. I have been facing this for 1.5 years everything okay except Sleep. Cause i have meaningless dream every night which made me tired and effect my temper.
And day time if i feel sleepy i go to bed but i can not sleep. I get shivering in my body and wake up.

How to solve this please help.