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Understanding Night Terrors: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
TLDR Night terrors are a sleep disorder that primarily affects children, causing extreme fear and confusion during deep sleep. They can be triggered by stress, sleep deprivation, and other factors, and treatment options include waking the child up before the night terror occurs and using devices to gently wake them up.
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Night terrors are a type of sleep disorder that can cause extreme fear and confusion, often without any memory of the event.
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Night terrors, also known as sleep terrors, are a sleep disorder that primarily affects children between the ages of four and 12, with about 6% of children in this age range experiencing them.
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Night terrors can cause children to appear awake and scared while still being asleep, making it difficult for parents to console them.
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Night terrors occur during deep sleep and can cause children to appear awake and scared while still being asleep.
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During the first stage of falling asleep, if things are calm and there is no anxiety, you are heading into sleep, but if there are disturbances or anxiety, you could wake back up.
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Stage three of falling asleep is characterized by the presence of delta waves, which are responsible for the restorative aspect of sleep and tissue regeneration and repair, while stage four is when the brain is shut down and the body is in a state of deep rest, and then after stage four, the individual enters REM sleep where dreaming occurs.
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Night terrors occur during the transition between stages three and four of sleep, and it is still unclear why this happens.
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Night terrors may be caused by a snag in the transition between stages three and four of sleep, and can be triggered by stress, sleep apnea, sleep deprivation, migraines, excessive alcohol consumption, and abuse, and can be comorbid with anxiety, bipolar disorder, and depression, and in severe cases, medication such as benzodiazepines may be prescribed.
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One treatment for night terrors involves waking up the child a few minutes before they typically have a night terror to prevent them from going into deep sleep, and there are devices available that can vibrate the mattress at intervals to gently wake the child up.
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Night terrors can lead to violent behavior because during a night terror, the brain resembles the state of being violent when awake, with no inhibition or executive functioning.
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An augmented reality app called night terrors allows users to walk through their house with their phone's flashlight, encountering scary monsters along the way.
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