Can I Have Seizures While Sleepwalking?
- Sleepwalking And Sleep Terrors
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
- More Info
Diagnosis
A person's history usually provides enough information for a doctor to diagnose sleepwalking, especially in children. More difficult cases may require a consultation with a sleep specialist and an overnight sleep test called polysomnography. During this test, various body functions are recorded while the person is sleeping. In rare cases, a brainwave recording (electroencephalogram or EEG) may be ordered to rule out seizures.
Expected Duration
Children usually stop sleepwalking during...
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Sleepwalking and children
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Sleep walking
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Sleepwalking is a disorder that occurs when a person walks or does another activity while they are still asleep. Alternative Names ... Read more »
Sleep walking
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Walking during sleep; Somnambulism Symptoms When people sleepwalk, they may sit up and look as though they are awake when they are... Read more »
Sleep walking
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Sleep walking
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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