<a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/central-disorders-of-hypersomnolence/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Central disorders of hypersomnolence (CDH) are the disease group&#039;s name that includes narcolepsy type 1, type 2, and idiopathic hypersomnolence. Excessive sleepiness and fatigue during the day despite adequate and quality night sleep is a common complaint in patients with CDH. Sleep paralysis and sleep hallucinations may also be accompanying symptoms of these disorders. Their treatment focuses on maintaining daytime wakefulness.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">Central disorders of hypersomnolence</a> (CDH) are the disease group’s name that includes <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/narcolepsy-type-1/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Narcolepsy Type 1</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Type 1 narcolepsy is referred to as narcolepsy with cataplexy. Patients who suffer from this condition have narcolepsy episodes, episodes of sudden sleep, accompanied by cataplexy. Cataplexy means the loss of skeletal muscle tone. The severity of muscle tone loss ranges from softening of facial muscles to a postural collapse. Hypocretin-1 levels are often found low in narcolepsy type 1 patients.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">narcolepsy type 1</a>, type 2, and idiopathic <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/hypersomnolence/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Hypersomnolence</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Intense desire to sleep during the day despite adequate and quality night sleep is called hypersomnolence. Even if these people increase their sleep time at night, their daily complaints do not decrease. They cannot wake up rested in the morning. They take naps several times a day, but that doesn&#039;t entirely fix the problem.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">hypersomnolence</a>. <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/excessive-sleepiness/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Excessive Sleepiness</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Excessive sleepiness is exactly as the name implies: feeling the need to sleep during the daytime. It involves the difficulty of maintaining full awakeness and alertness during the day. It can be a symptom of many diseases, including many sleep disorders. Some examples of possible underlying conditions include but are not limited to irregular sleep-wake disorder, narcolepsy, Kleine-Levin syndrome, and idiopathic hypersomnia. Pharmacological treatments, as well as behavioral therapy, are available treatment options. </div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">Excessive sleepiness</a> and <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/fatigue/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Fatigue</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The inability to find the physical and mental strength required to carry on with daily tasks is called fatigue. It can also be defined as debilitating exhaustion. It can be a symptom of many diseases. Also, it may not always be of physical origin. Lifestyle modifications are recommended when underlying physical or psychological conditions cannot be detected.</div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">fatigue</a> during the day despite adequate and quality night sleep is a common complaint in patients with CDH. <a class="glossaryLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #ffffff; color: #447dd8 !important; text-decoration: none !important; font-size: 16px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000000; font-family: Montserrat; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://scofa.com/glossary/sleep-paralysis/" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Sleep Paralysis</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Sleep paralysis is a specific form of REM parasomnias. They are associated with a total loss of muscle tone during REM sleep. Loss of muscle tone is a healthy feature of the REM phase, but in the case of sleep paralysis, patients become somewhat aware of the situation. It can be accompanied by sleep hallucinations and become even more dreadful to the patient. </div>" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]">Sleep paralysis</a> and sleep hallucinations may also be accompanying symptoms of these disorders. Their treatment focuses on maintaining daytime wakefulness.
