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excessive daytime sleepiness

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excessive daytime sleepiness
Sleep disorders A subjective difficulty in maintaining an awake state, and an increase ease of falling asleep when the person is sedentary; EDS may be quantified with subjective rating scales of sleepiness


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Polysomnography should be ordered for patients who complain of excessive daytime sleepiness or insomnia.
4) Scratching episodes during sleep may cause sleep abnormalities that may impair daytime functioning and lead to excessive daytime sleepiness.
Narcolepsy A disorder that causes irresistible sleep attacks; it might include sudden attacks of sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness, muscular weakness, hallucinations and sudden attacks of rapid eye movement (one stage of sleep).
 
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