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Sleep and Seizures. How Much Is It Costing You?
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Sleepless nights. Exhausted afternoons. Confusion. Memory loss. Trouble with concentration, mood swings and of course, seizures.
Which may increase in frequency or severity. Or even contribute to intractable seizures.
It seems like an endless cycle.
Epilepsy And Sleep Apnea — A Dangerous Duo
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It’s an endless cycle.
But there’s more to sleep apnea than what meets the eye. (No pun intended.)
Almost a third of people with epilepsy may suffer with undiagnosed sleep apnea, a sleep disorder which is dangerous because of the possible serious consequences.
Tags: continuous positive airway pressure, CPAP, lack of oxygen, sleep apnea, sleep deprivation
Sleep and Seizures — How Much is it Costing You?
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Sleepless nights. Exhausted afternoons. Confusion. Memory loss. Trouble with concentration, mood swings and of course, seizures.
Which may increase in frequency or severity. Or may even contribute to intractable seizures. It seems like an endless cycle.
For people with epilepsy, sleep problems are a double-edged sword; epilepsy disturbs sleep and sleep deprivation aggravates epilepsy.
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