JAKARTA - Sleep is indeed important to maintain the health of the body and mind. However, what if excessive drowsiness actually interferes with daily activities? This condition is known as hypersomnia, a sleep disorder that makes a person continue to feel sleepy even though he is asleep enough.
Hypersomnia is not just tired or lack of sleep. This is a medical condition that can interfere with work, social relationships, to the quality of life as a whole. If not treated, hypersomnia could be a sign of more serious health problems.
Reporting from the Healthline page, hypersomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive drowsiness during the day or sleeping needs that are much longer than usual. Patients can sleep more than 11 hours a day but still feel not fresh and sleepy all the time.
This condition is different from insomnia (difficult to sleep). In hypersomnia, a person is easily asleep, even when they are active, working, or driving, it is certainly very dangerous.
Reporting from the Healthline page, some of the main symptoms of hypersomnia are:
- Feeling sleepy all day, even though you have enough sleep at night.
- Often falling asleep suddenly or unable to hold back drowsiness during activities.
- Long nap but don't feel fresh afterwards.
- It's hard to wake up from a long sleep.
- Slow in thinking, speaking, or reacting.
- Often forget or difficulty concentrating
- Easily offended, anxious, and energy loss.
- In some cases, it can experience mild hallucinations.
If you or your closest people experience these symptoms for more than three months, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Causes of Hypersomnia
Hypersomnia can be caused by various factors, both primary and secondary conditions:
- Other sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea (stop breathing while sleeping).
- neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, or brain injuries.
- Mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety.
- Influence of drugs that cause drowsiness.
- Abuse of alcohol or drugs.
- Hormonic problems, such as hypothyroidism (low thyroid function).
In some cases, the cause of hypersomnia is not known with certainty and is called idiopatic hypersomnia
Hypersomnia can be experienced by anyone, but it appears more frequently on:
- Teenagers to young adults (aged 15'25).
- Women (symptoms can get worse before menstruation).
- Smokers and alcoholic warrants.
- Patients with chronic diseases such as kidney, heart, or nerve disorders.
If drowsiness starts to interfere with productivity, making you fall asleep while working, studying, or driving, don't ignore it. Checks such as sleeping tests (polisomnography) or drowsiness tests during the day (Multiple Sleep Latency Test) can help doctors diagnose the cause.
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The handling of hypersomnia depends on the cause. Doctors can provide sleep therapy, lifestyle changes, and certain medicines to manage their symptoms.
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