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How does sleepwalking work? Is it harmful?

How does sleepwalking work? Is it harmful?

Strictly speaking, sleepwalkers aren't actually doing "the"But he did.".

Just as "ghost pressure on the bed" is called "sleep paralysis", some people are paralyzed when they sleep, and then some people move when they sleep, so sleepwalking, as a sleep disorder, is medically known as "sleep paralysis".somnambulism".


Human sleep is divided into periods of rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement periods (NREM), andNREMIt is further divided into 4 stages, of which stages 1 and 2 are called light sleep and stages 3 and 4 are called deep sleep. When a person sleeps, the brain is inREMNREMCycling between them, and dreaming only on theREMperiod before they appear. Yet, according to existing research, sleepwalkers are in theNREMPeriod of transition from deep sleep to light sleep or wakefulness.

That's why sleepwalkers not only don't dream when they sleepwalk, they really, really sleep very hard.Things like Alice in Wonderland, where you travel around in your dreams, clearly fall into the category of 'fairy tales are all lies'.


Sleepwalking accounts for about 1% to 16% of the total population. However, sleepwalking occurs mainly in childhood, mostly between the ages of 6 and 12, which may be related to the fact that children at this stage are in the peak of their growth and development, the influence of psychosocial factors, and their living habits.


Research into the causes of sleepwalking is still ongoing, but at this stage it is possible to identify many factors that can lead to sleepwalking, the most common being the following:

  1. Related to genetic factors: If you have a parent or sibling with "sleep walking disorder," you're 10 times more likely to sleepwalk;
  2. Related to sleep conditions: Sleep deprivation, irregular sleep, stress, and frequent intoxication. Taking certain sedative-hypnotics, nerve relaxants, neuroleptics or antihistamines may also cause sleepwalking;
  3. Associated with a number of diseases: e.g. cardiac arrhythmia, fever (what the heck is that?), gastroesophageal reflux, asthma attacks, seizures, and so on. These disorders cause sleepwalking, and it is very important to control the primary illness.

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As for the question of whether sleepwalking is harmful, because sleepwalkers do not respond to external stimuli when sleepwalking, so it is easy to trip and fall, or step on flowers and grass is not good, ah, if you accidentally go out of the door crossing the road, then there is a possibility that you really do not wake up in one sleep.


Here is where we have to mention an issue that is of concern to all of us:"When dealing with a sleepwalker, is it dangerous to wake him/her up?"


Rumor has it that once a sleepwalker is suddenly awakened, he or she may be foaming at the mouth or bleeding from the seven orifices.


Reading that description so much so that I wondered for a moment thatIs the originator of this rumor waking up a sleepwalker or giving a strong bowl of arsenic.


According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) opinion, theIt's more dangerous not to wake the sleepwalker.Waking up a sleepwalker may give them a momentary fright, but without waking them up, they may be in a more dangerous situation, and some sleepwalkers even have violent tendencies.


Guiding a sleepwalker back to bed is the best option if you can, but most of the time sleepwalkers don't listen to commands and don't accept protection, so the NSF gives professional advice:Use extra-loud, sharp noises to wake the sleepwalker (at a safe distance from the sleepwalker), which may be successful in waking the sleepwalker.


The NSF says that this method is better than shaking the sleepwalker to wake them up, because shaking may cause the sleepwalker to think they are being attacked, which can lead to involuntary and violent resistance. After waking a sleepwalker, most people panic and we just need to calmly reassure them that it's just sleepwalking.


If there's really anything that's not recommended to do to a sleepwalker, there's probably this one:


Don't lend him money while he's sleepwalking. He'll talk if he wakes up:



References:

How to Wake Up a Sleep Walker

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