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Health Encyclopedia: Insomnia Prognosis
- Insomnia - Prognosis
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes of Short-Term or Transient Insomnia
- Causes of Chronic Insomnia
- Are You at Risk For Insomnia?
- Diagnosis of Insomnia
Prognosis
A 2002 study of sleeping habits in over 1 million people reported that people who slept 7 hours a night lived the longest. People who slept more than 8 hours or less than 6 hours, or who took sleeping pills, had lower survival rates.
Insomnia is not life threatening, except in very rare cases, such as in those who have the genetic disorder called fatal familial insomnia. This rare degenerative brain disease develops in late adulthood.
Increased Risk for Accidents
As many as 200,000 automob...
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Expert & Community Posts
Sleep Deprivation Leads to Disasters
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...behind the wheel. Excellent advice. Dozing while driving is becoming a growing problem. Let's... Read more »
My Social Security Disability Journey
By Nancy Bonk , Health Expert...Sam to the car, I slipped and fell on our concrete driveway. The back of my head took the brunt... Read more »
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week- It's Here!
By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert...Foundation (NSF) is launching the first annual Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, a national... Read more »
Asleep at the Wheel
By Florence Cardinal , Health ExpertThe number of accidents caused by drowsy driving continues to mount. According to the National... Read more »
Sleep Apnea A Cause of Car Accidents
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...Associations." Sleep apnea isn't the only cause of drowsy driving. Other sleep disorders,... Read more »
Health Guide
Narcolepsy: Treatment
...treatment at a lower dose. Patients should not engage in activities that require being awake (such as driving) during withdrawal.Drug Treatments for CataplexySodium oxybate (Xyrem). Sodium oxybate... Read more »Insomnia: Medications
...In 2006, reports emerged of zolpidem (Ambien) causing sleepwalking and, even more bizarrely, sleep-driving. Most of these cases likely were due to patients using zolpidem along with alcohol or... Read more »Narcolepsy: Introduction
...disorder by either patients or the people around them. Some examples include:People with narcolepsy can be driving or walking competently but end up in a location different from the intended one.A... Read more »Sleep Apnea: Prognosis
...and 1,500 deaths from such accidents are caused by sleepiness. Studies continue to report that drowsy driving is as risky as drunk driving. Several studies have suggested that people with sleep... Read more »Narcolepsy: Diagnosis
...being taken. The symptoms of narcolepsy are sometimes undeniable if the patient reports all of the major symptoms:Excessive daytime sleepiness with a tendency for frequent naps. (These frequent... Read more »Images
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