Glossary for Nightmares

Medical terms related to Nightmares or mentioned in this section include:

• Abnormal dreams: Abnormal dreams are unusual or atypical dreams.
• Alcohol abuse: Excessive alcohol as a symptom of other conditions
• Alcoholism: High dependence on excessive amounts of alcohol.
• Amphetamine abuse: Use of the stimulant drugs known as amphetamines or "speed"
• Anxiety: Excessive worry, anxiety, or fear.
• Anxiety disorder: A mental condition that is characterized by anxiety and avoidance behaviours
• Child abuse: Physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of child.
• Ciguatera poisoning: Rare toxic food poisoning from eating contaminated fish
• Combat stress reaction: A term used in the military which refers to behaviors that result from the stress of fighting in a war.
• Dream disturbance: Dream disturbance refers to distressing or troubled dreams or problems with getting adequate REM sleep.
• Fatigue: Excessive tiredness or weakness.
• Fentanyl toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Fever: Raised body temperature usually with other symptoms.
• Headache: Pain affecting the head or brain area.
• Heart symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart
• Insomnia: feeling of melancholy
• Morphine toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Narcolepsy: Narcolepsy is characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.
• Narcolepsy 1: Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder where characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Some cases are linked to a genetic anomaly - Type 1 is linked to an anomaly on chromosome 6p21.
• Narcolepsy 2: Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder where characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Some cases are linked to a genetic anomaly - Type 2 is linked to an anomaly on chromosome 4q13-q21.
• Narcolepsy 3: Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder where characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Some cases are linked to a genetic anomaly - Type 3 is linked to an anomaly on chromosome 21q11.2.
• Narcolepsy 4: Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder where characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Some cases are linked to a genetic anomaly - Type 1 is linked to an anomaly on chromosome 22q13.
• Narcolepsy 5: Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder where characterized by the classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. Some cases are linked to a genetic anomaly - Type 5 is linked to an anomaly on chromosome 14q11.2.
• Nausea: The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.
• Neurosis: Variety of mental disorders with self-awareness
• Night terror: Night terror is a parasomnia disorder characterized by extreme terror and a temporary inability to regain full consciousness.
• Nightmares: Fear-inducing dreams during sleep
• Nocturnal symptoms: Symptoms related to sleeping or other nocturnal issues.
• Opioid toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Parasomnia: Parasomnia are a category of sleep disorders that involve abnormal and unnatural movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, sleeping, between sleep stages, or arousal from sleep.
• Personality symptoms: Symptoms or changes to the personality.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Stress following a traumatic event.
• Pregnancy: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Pregnancy symptoms: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Psychological problems: Symptoms affecting emotional or psychological factors.
• Rape trauma syndrome: A condition that occurs following sexual assault.
• Sleep deprivation: The condition of not getting enough sleep.
• Sleep symptoms: Symptoms affecting sleep patterns.
• Sleeping problems: Any problems that disturb ones sleep
• Sleeplessness: The feeling of tiredness and the need to sleep
• Stress: Emotional stress (sometimes refers to physical stress)
• Tramadol toxicity: The toxic reaction of the body to the substance, possibly via allergic reaction or overdose.
• Vertigo: Feeling that the room or person is moving or spinning.
• War sailor syndrome: A type of post-traumatic stress disorder that occurred in merchant ship sailors from World War II.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Nightmares:

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