Insomnia

Introduction: Insomnia

Description of Insomnia

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Insomnia: Inability to sleep, in the absence of external impediments (e.g., noise, a bright light) during the period when sleep should normally occur; may vary in degree from restlessness or disturbed slumber to a curtailment of the normal length of sleep or to absolute wakefulness. SYN: sleeplessness. [L. fr. in- priv. + somnus, sleep]
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Insomnia: Difficulty in going to sleep or getting enough sleep.
Source: National Institute of Health

Insomnia: an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Insomnia: Disorders characterized by impairment of the ability to initiate or maintain sleep. This may occur as a primary disorder or in association with another medical or psychiatric condition.
Source: Diseases Database

Insomnia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Insomnia:

• Insomnia symptoms (521 causes)
• Sleep
• Sleep symptoms (1476 causes)
• Sleep disease
• Sleep disorder
• Absence
• External
• Noise

Insomnia as a Disease

Insomnia (medical condition): See Insomnia (disease information).
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Insomnia: Related Diseases

Insomnia: Insomnia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sleep disorders
• Mental illness
• Under-diagnosed conditions
• Sleep conditions
• Senior health conditions

Insomnia: Article Excerpts

Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: ... (Source: excerpt from Insomnia: NWHIC)

Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: ... (Source: excerpt from Insomnia: NWHIC)

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• Symptoms of Insomnia
• Complications of Insomnia
• Diagnostic Tests for Insomnia
• Misdiagnosis of Insomnia
• Treatments for Insomnia

Insomnia as a Symptom

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Insomnia (symptom): Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: ... (Source: excerpt from Insomnia: NWHIC)

Insomnia (symptom): See Insomnia (symptom information).

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Insomnia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Insomnia:

• sleep disorder
• sleep problem
• sleep symptom
• sleep complaint
• sleeplessness
• inability to sleep
• transient insomnia
• short-term insomnia
• chronic insomnia
• insomnia
• sedative
• hypnotic
• melatonin
• sleep loss

Terms associated with Insomnia:

Terms Similar to Insomnia:

• Sleep disturbance
• Dyssomnia

Source: Diseases Database

Broader terms for Insomnia

• sleep disorder

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Insomnia

• sleep disorder

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Insomnia

The following list attempts to classify Insomnia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• sleep disorder
• disorder,upset
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Insomnia

• eMedicine - Insomnia : Article by James A Rowley, MD
• Insomnia - newer hypnotic drugs (No. 77)
• eMedicine - Sleep Disorders : Article by Curley L Bonds, MD
• National Cancer Institute - Sleep Disorders
• eMedicine - Sleep Disorder, Geriatric : Article by Subir Vij, MD, MPH
• eMedicine - Parasomnias : Article by Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM
• eMedicine - Insomnia : Article by James A Rowley, MD
• Physical exercise for sleep problems in adults aged 60+ (Cochrane Review)
• National Cancer Institute - Sleep Disorders

Source: Diseases Database

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