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Hypersomnia: increased need of sleep. See free access online books about Hypersomnia below. See detailed information below for a list of 23 causes of Hypersomnia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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RLS sleep disorder causing night-time leg sensations often misdiagnosed: A common but relatively unknown sleep-related disorder called Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is often misdiagnosed. The typical symptoms are night-time tingling, crawling, or burning sensations in the legs, with the irresistable urge to move the legs. This need for leg movement leads to tossing and turning, or getting up out of bed, all of which interferes with the ability to fall asleep. The sufferer then has the typical symptoms of sleep deprivation during the day: fatigue, tiredness, morning headaches, irritability, poor concentration and so on. This condition is sometimes misdiagnosed as other conditions such as ADHD, sleep disorders, other causes of insomnia, or other causes of leg tingling. Many patients also suffer from a related disorder called Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), which causes leg spasms or other jerky movements. See introduction to RLS or introduction to PLMD....read more »
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Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Hypersomnia from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Hypersomnia. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Hypersomnia
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Hypersomnia: A condition in which sleep periods are excessively long, but the person responds normally in the intervals; distinguished from somnolence. [hyper- + L. somnus, sleep]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
An inability to stay awake
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
The list below shows some of the causes of Hypersomnia mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hypersomnia. Of the 23 causes of Hypersomnia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Hypersomnia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Medical Conditions associated with Hypersomnia:
Sleep symptoms (1364 causes), Sleeping problems (776 causes), Nocturnal symptoms (661 causes)
Symptoms related to Hypersomnia:
Schizophrenia, Substance-induced sleep disorder, Narcolepsy, Sleep deprivation, CFS/Fibromyalgia/Chronic fatigue syndrome, Sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis, Glioblastoma multiforme, Fibromyositis/Fibromyalgia syndrome
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