Sleep-Induced Masticatory Myoclonus: A Rare Parasomnia Associated with Insomnia

Sexsomnia: parasomnia associated with sexual behaviour during sleep.

INTRODUCTION The purpose of our study is to describe 4 cases of sexsomnia, a form of parasomnia characterised by sexual behaviour during sleep. METHODS Clinical history and video-polysomnography recordings from patients diagnosed with sexsomnia in the Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. RESULTS Three men and one woman between 28 and 43 years of age reported sexual ...

Sleep disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: parasomnia or agrypnia?

Mortality associated with sleep duration and insomnia.

BACKGROUND Patients often complain about insufficient sleep or chronic insomnia in the belief that they need 8 hours of sleep. Treatment strategies may be guided by what sleep durations predict optimal survival and whether insomnia might signal mortality risks. METHODS In 1982, the Cancer Prevention Study II of the American Cancer Society asked participants about their sleep duration and freq...

Risk of Cancer in Patients with Insomnia, Parasomnia, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Nationwide Nested Case-Control Study

PURPOSE Insomnia, parasomnia, and obstructive sleep apnea have been associated with a number of disease pathologies, but little is known about the relationship of these sleep disorders and cancer. The study explored the risk of sleep disorder (SD)-induced cancer using nationwide population data. Two million data from the National Health Insurance system of Taiwan was used to assess for the rela...

Prevalence of Parasomnia in Autistic Children with Sleep Disorders

The prevalence of sleep related complaints is reported by questionnaire studies to be as high as 83.3% in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Questionnaire studies report the presence of various parasomnia in ASD. However, no polysomnographic study reports non-REM parasomnias and only a single study reports REM related parasomnias in ASD. We investigated the prevalence and characteri...