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Does Your Child Get Enough Sleep

Unfortunately many children may not always get quality sleep they need.

Many Have Obsrtuctive Sleep Apnea But Most Don't Know It Yet

30% Of children between 2 – 6 years and up to 50% of children who are actually diagnosed with ADHD actually have pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.

What Is Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA)?

Obstructive sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep. This may be due to Complete or Partial obstruction of respiratory tract.

What Are its Long Term Effects?

If left untreated Pediatric OSA would result in poor quality of sleep which is important for a child’s growth & development. It can also result in poor oxygen delivery which can affect a child’s fragile body both mentally & physically.

Source: www.welittle.org/sleep-apnea-in-children

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Insomnia, Chronic Migraine, and Doctors Who Don’t Understand

Literary Ames

puppy with ice pack on his head - migraine?

Migraine pain and symptoms affect 18% of women and 8% of men. According to the [UK] Department of Health (2005) eight million people get migraine making it the most prevalent long term neurological condition.

– The Migraine Trust

I am so sick of begging for more medication or help in general with my chronic migraine and insomnia. Doctors don’t listen. They don’t understand. Most of them are middle-aged men with no idea what a migraine or PMS (which triggers migraines) feels like or how debilitating it is. Living in darkness, confined to your bed, in constant pain and unable to do anything but exist is depressing and can lead to suicide – and yes, I’ve thought about it, it’s hard not to.

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Carolyn Bernstein chronic migraine Elaine McArdle insomnia Literary Ames Martin Brink migraines neurology Oliver Sacks