Sleep disorders in children, women and men

Sleep disorders is now a medical subspecialty with doctors who specialize in sleep medicine. These sleep doctors detect and treat common and rare sleep disorders. Common sleep disorders are jet lag, insomnia, sleepwalking, sleep apnea, and snoring.

Seeing that your child gets enough sleep and sleeps well is tremendously important. Tired children have problems with development and behavior. Sleep problems with children can cause needless stress for the entire family. Experts advise the following sleep hours for children; infants from 3 to 11 months should sleep 14 to 15 hours, toddlers 12 to 14 hours, preschoolers 11 to 13 hours and school age children 10 to 11 hours.

If your child has any of these problems with sleep, they could be on the way to a chronic sleep disorder. The problems are, a parent having to spend too much time helping the child fall asleep; the child waking up continually during the night; snoring loudly or struggling to breathe; or mood, behavior or performance at school changes.

When this is a problem for more than several weeks, take your child to a pediatrician or a sleep specialist. Your doctor may suggest that your child spend a night or a nap period in a sleep center so their sleep cycle can be studied and also to help diagnose any medical problems.

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