Common sleep problems in middle-aged and elderly people

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After entering the middle-aged and old people, due to the bad sleep habits, taking some drugs and other reasons, the middle-aged and old people often have some sleep problems, such as difficult to fall asleep, difficult to sleep all night, less deep sleep and so on. Some may even have insomnia, sleep disorders and other troubles, which seriously affect the health of the body. In addition, if you have the following sleep problems, you should seek medical treatment immediately.

(1) Sleep apnea syndrome

Older age is a risk factor for sleep apnea syndrome, especially in older men. With the decline of brain stem and nerve function, central or obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is often caused. In particular, the brain function of the elderly is poor, if combined with apnea caused by hypoxia or intermittent sleep, often worse, so that the mental function of the elderly decline, symptoms like dementia.

(2) Periodic tic disorder and restless legs syndrome

Periodic tic disorder and restless legs syndrome are both with age, the symptoms become frequent and serious, and interfere with sleep, making sleep interrupted, patients often described as insomnia, but also can see the main symptoms of drowsiness. Periodic limb twitch is often accompanied by restless legs syndrome, both of which respond well to drug therapy.

(3) Drowsiness

Narcolepsy refers to excessive daytime sleep (not due to the discomfort of the amount of sleep) or prolonged transition time to a fully awake state when waking up. The main performance is excessive daytime or nighttime sleep, often appear short time (generally less than 15 minutes) irresistible sleep attacks, often accompanied by falls, sleep paralysis and hallucinations before falling asleep and other symptoms, common causes such as a variety of encephalopathy, endocrine disorders, metabolic abnormalities caused by salivary state or drowsiness, and narcolepsy caused by brain lesions.

The above are the most common sleep problems of middle-aged and elderly people, which need to be found in time and help them solve sleep disorders and improve their quality of life.