Complications and diagnosis of sleep disorders in patients with epilepsy

DOI IR
  • Yoshizawa Mondo
    Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, School of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University
  • Chiba Shigeru
    Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, School of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • てんかん患者における睡眠障害

Search this article

Description

<p>Sleep disorders occur in approximately 20% to 25% of healthy adults, but are 2 to 3 times more common in individuals with epilepsy. In this paper, we review the international classification and diagnosis of sleep disorders, their manifestation in patients with epilepsy, and the methods of diagnosing whether abnormal behaviors during sleep are due to epilepsy or sleep disorders. Compared with healthy individuals, those with epilepsy often suffer from multiple sleep disorders, such as insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep-related breathing disorders, parasomnia, and sleep-related movement disorders. Since sleep disorders and epilepsy are thought to be reciprocally related, with each worsening the other, the treatment of sleep disorders diminishes seizure frequency and improves quality of life. When determining whether abnormal behaviors during sleep are due to epilepsy or sleep disorders, cooperation with medical institutions that can perform video-polysomnography is extremely important.</p>

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top