Nightmares
Nightmares: Introduction
Nightmares: Fear-inducing dreams during sleep.
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causes of Nightmares, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Nightmares:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Nightmares.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Causes of Types of Nightmares:
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Nightmares: Symptom Checker
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Nightmares
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Diagnostic Guides for Nightmares
Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- NIGHTMARES
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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Nightmares: Self Assessment Tools
Nightmares: Medical Mistakes
Nightmares: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Nightmares
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to speak.
This was initially misdiagnosed as a ...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various...read more »
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...read more »
ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD
in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults.
Some adults can remain undiagnosed,...read more »
Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder)
often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care...read more »
Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with
an eating disorder is female.
The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be...read more »
Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be
undiagnosed in teenagers.
The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical...read more »
Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression)
may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of anxiety disorders).
Failure to...read more »
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Nightmares: Related Rare Diseases
Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:
Diagnostic tests for Nightmares:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Nightmares. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Does the person smell of alcohol
- Temperature
- Examine for signs of infectious disease
- Mental state examination - including appearance, behavior, rate and continuity of speech, mood, affect, thought content, evidence of any hallucinations or abnormal beliefs, orientation to time, place and person, attention and concentration, short-term memory, insight and judgement.
- Blood tests
- Full blood count and ESR to help rule out infectious disease
- more tests...»
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diagnostic tests for Nightmares
Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Nightmares.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had problems with nightmares? - to determine if acute or chronic. Acute nightmares should make one think of the possibility of infectious disease, acute situational maladjustment (adjustment disorder) or a head injury. Chronic nightmares may be associated with drug or alcohol use, epilepsy, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- How often do you get nightmares? - Most people with normal sleep patterns have an occasional nightmare.
- Is there memory of the dream-associated unpleasant episode? - There is full arousal and memory of the unpleasant dream with nightmares. In contrast, night terrors occur primarily in young children during the first few hours of sleep onset with the child suddenly screaming, sweating and breathing quickly. The child is difficult to arouse and rarely recalls the episode on awakening in the morning.
- What is the content of the nightmares? - Nightmaresare extremely frightening dreams that usually involve threats to survival, security, or self-esteem.
- History of physical trauma? - Nightmares may follow physical trauma, either due to the anxiety associated with the trauma or actually to a head injury.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Nightmares) may include:
- Fatigue? - fatigue and tiredness causes an increased risk of nightmares.
- Fever? - may suggest an infectious process as the cause of acute nightmares.
- Tongue biting and urinary or bowel incontinence? - these findings suggest grand mal epilepsy. Nightmares may also result from complex partial seizures without tongue biting or incontinence.
- Hallucinations associated with the early stages of falling asleep or awakening? - these type of hallucinations are called "hypnogogic" and are common in narcolepsy but may also be seen in normal people.
- Psychotic symptoms? - e.g. delusions, hallucinations and disordered thinking - may suggest schizophrenia or bipolar disorder but these symptoms may also be present with delirium, dementia and severe depression. These disorders may be associated with an increased frequency of nightmares.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Nightmares
Home medical tests possibly related to Nightmares:
- Child Behavior: Home Testing
- Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
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- Sleep Disorders: Home Testing
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Stories from Users for Nightmares
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Videos for Nightmares
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Medications or substances causing Nightmares:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Nightmares as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Nightmares
Drug interactions causing Nightmares:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Nightmares as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Inderal (Propranolol) and Cordarone (Amidarone) interaction
- Inderal (Propranolol) and Rythmol (Propafenone) interaction
- Inderal (Propranolol) and Cardioquin (Quinidine) interaction
- Inderal (Propranolol) and Quinaglute (Quinidine) interaction
- Inderal (Propranolol) and Tambocor (Flecaininde) interaction
- Inderal (Propranolol) and Quinidex (Quinidine) interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Nightmares
Organs affected by Nightmares:
The list of organs typically affected by Nightmares may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Nightmares
The list below shows some of the causes of Nightmares mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Nightmares
How Common are these Causes of Nightmares?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Nightmares.
Of the 27
causes of Nightmares that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 0
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 26
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 27
causes of Nightmares
Conditions listing symptoms: Nightmares:
The following list of conditions
have 'Nightmares' 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.
A
Alcoholism
... bad dreamsAmphetamine abuse
... nightmaresC
Ciguatera poisoning
... nightmaresCombat stress reaction
... nightmaresF
Fentanyl toxicity
... nightmaresM
Morphine toxicity
... nightmaresN
Narcolepsy
... nightmaresO
Opioid toxicity
... nightmaresP
Post-traumatic stress disorder
... nightmaresR
Rape trauma syndrome
... nightmaresT
Tramadol toxicity
... nightmaresW
War sailor syndrome
... nightmares
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Nightmares?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Nightmares, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Nightmares:
Subtypes of Nightmares:
Abnormal dreams, Dream disturbance
Medical Conditions associated with Nightmares:
Sleep symptoms (1243 causes), Sleeping problems (758 causes)
Symptoms related to Nightmares:
Insomnia (343 causes), Sleep symptoms (1243 causes), Pregnancy (316 causes), Night terrors, Sleep terrors, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Alcoholism, Neurosis, Certain medications
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Medical News summaries about Nightmares
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