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Exploding Head Syndrome: A Sleep Disorder Explained
TLDR Exploding head syndrome is a sleep disorder characterized by loud noises or explosions in the head when falling asleep or waking up. It is more likely to occur in people who are sleep deprived or have other sleep disorders, and can be managed through sleep hygiene and avoiding certain activities.
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Exploding head syndrome is a sleep disorder that causes people to experience loud noises or explosions in their head when falling asleep or waking up.
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Exploding head syndrome is a sleep disorder characterized by loud noises or explosions in the head when falling asleep or waking up.
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Exploding head syndrome is a sleep disorder characterized by loud noises or explosions in the head when falling asleep or waking up, and it seems to affect mostly women in their fifties.
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Exploding head syndrome was first described in the medical literature in the 1870s by Silas Weir Mitchell, who called it sensory discharges and described it as a loud noise or explosion in the head.
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Exploding head syndrome is more likely to occur in people who are sleep deprived or have other sleep disorders, and it is often accompanied by a physical sensation such as an electrical shock.
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Exploding head syndrome is characterized by a feeling of a current that starts at the torso and travels up to the head, although not everyone experiences this sensation.
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Exploding head syndrome is a glitch in the brainstem reticular formation that causes a burst of neural activity in the region associated with hearing, resulting in a loud hallucinatory sound that startles the person awake.
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Sleep hygiene, such as maintaining a regular schedule and avoiding activities like reading in bed, is recommended to help manage exploding head syndrome.
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Sleep hygiene and avoiding activities like reading in bed, as well as the negative effects of blue spectrum light on the brain, are discussed as ways to manage insomnia.
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