| Usually people can remember their dreams, but have no awareness of moving around while asleep. This condition can cause injuries to both the dreamer and family members. RBD Treatment:
A polysomnography test is required to diagnosis RBD; If symptoms of RBD are severe enough, separate bedrooms may be required for the sufferer and their bed partner.
Bedrooms have to be on the ground floor to prevent the RBD sufferer from falling downstairs and dangerous objects in the bedroom should be removed.
REM Sleep Cardiac Arrhythmias:
A cardiac arrhythmia is a change from the regular rate or control of the hearts contractions.
People with coronary artery disease and whose blood oxygen is lowered by sleep-disordered breathing may be at risk for arrhythmias, which take place during REM sleep.
Continual positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment may reduce this risk.
Sleep Enuresis (bedwetting):
Sleep Enuresis or Nocturnal Enuresis is an inability to control the flow of urine at night.
Two kinds of enuresis: primary and secondary.
- In primary enuresis, a person has been unable to have bladder control from infancy onward.
- In secondary enuresis, a person has accidental wetting after having had bladder control for six or more months.
Sleep Walking:
Sleepwalking, or somnambulism, is perhaps the best-known arousal disorder. This occurs when a person appears to be awake and moving around but is actually asleep.
Sleepwalkers don't remember their actions. Sleepwalking most frequently occurs during deep non-REM sleep (stages 3 and 4 sleep) early in the night. This can occur during REM sleep in the early morning.
Usually sleepwalkers are children, although the disorder can occur in adults. This disorder appears to run in families. The sleepwalker just may be confused or disoriented for a short time upon awakening.
Even though waking a sleepwalker is not dangerous, sleepwalking itself can be dangerous because the sleepwalker is unaware of his or her surroundings and can bump into objects or fall down.
Sleep Talking:
Sleep talking or somniloquy is a sleep-wake transition disorder. It is harmless and usually temporary. Although this usually is harmless, sleep talking can be disturbing to sleep partners or family members who witness it.
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