God gave us the grace of sleep in order to restore the activity of our bodies the last day, and start the next day actively and ready for all the tasks of the day, and you sometimes get us several sleep problems affect our lives and disruption of the process, what are these problems?
Sleep diseases
Insomnia
It is an inability to sleep with the need for it, which makes the person in a permanent state of fatigue and sleepiness and adversely affect his daily activities.
Causes of insomnia
- The problems of daily life and thinking, and in this case insomnia is opposed to a night or a few nights, and the disappearance of reason for thinking.
- Some diseases and pain.
- A human’s biological clock changes; for example, he tries to sleep earlier than usual, or travels to a country of different timing.
- Some mental illnesses such as: depression, anxiety, panic, and sometimes schizophrenia.
- Take drugs.
- Noise and environment that do not help to sleep.
- Eating habits such as eating fatty meals just before sleeping, or drinking large amounts of stimulants late at night.
Treating insomnia
- Treatment of the cause of disease, whether organic or psychological.
- The use of hypnotic pills prescribed by the doctor in severe cases and have no satisfactory cause.
- Preserving the pre-sleep adhkaar.
- Maintain steady times for sleep and wake up.
- Avoid stimulants and fatty meals before bedtime.
- Avoid sports and great physical exertion before sleeping.
- Eliminate the nap of the day.
- Maintain a sleep environment by keeping calm and warmth and getting comfortable bedding.
Hyperthyroidism
It sleeps for long hours during the day with no need for it.
Causes of Hyperthyroidism
- Organic diseases such as liver diseases.
- Psychiatric diseases such as depression and bipolar disorder.
- Take drugs.
- A bacterial infection in the brain such as: African trypanosomiasis, and encephalitis.
The treatment of this disease is through the treatment of the cause only, a situation that requires attention and speed of treatment, and in some cases may act stimulant drugs for the patient.
sleep paralysis
It is a complete paralysis of the sleeping muscles that affects the human at the moment of waking and lasts for minutes or even seconds. And is caused by delay in the return of muscles to normal after the period of sleep, the patient feels anxiety and full disability, but soon disappears sensation and can move his muscles.
The treatment of this situation by organizing sleep schedules and get away from stress and anxiety, and can resort to a psychiatrist if the situation increased and affected the life of the patient.
Nightmares
These are disturbing and frightening dreams that make the sleeper wake up feeling scared and avoiding or hating to go back to sleep.
Nightmares can be improved by improving the daily life, such as:
- Stay away from stimulants, drugs and liqueurs.
- Do not watch horror movies or read horror stories.
- Hear the Koran and read the adhaar before bedtime.
- Take a hot bath before bedtime.
- You can control your dream by remembering yourself as just a dream and changing its end with your own will to be happy.
Sleepwalking
The patient moves and walks while asleep and does not mention anything in the morning, and may endanger himself without feeling the disease. Although sleepwalking goes away with age and does not require treatment, the patient and his / her family must be aware of the condition of the disease in order to prevent any potential risk to the patient.