What is sleepiness?

Some people like to sleep often and find it easy to fall asleep during the day. If they are sleepy during the day because they sleep very little at night, then it is understandable. However, if they sleep normally at night and are still sleepy the next day, then this is an adverse condition, so you should pay special attention to it. Many people themselves don’t understand why they always like to sleep.

Sleepiness is actually quite dangerous. For example, if you are driving a car and suddenly you feel a strong sense of sleepiness, the result is self-evident. Therefore, sleepiness is very dangerous and requires everyone to take it seriously. So what is narcolepsy?

Hypersomnia is a neurological disorder that causes the onset of uncontrollable sleep. These sleep stages occur frequently and at inopportune times, such as while talking, eating, or driving. Although sleep can occur at any time, it most often occurs during periods of inactivity or monotonous, repetitive activity and has the potential to be dangerous when it occurs during periods of activity.

Sleepiness usually occurs in the age group of 15 to 30 years old, but some people experience sleepiness earlier or later. Hypersomnia is difficult to completely eliminate, affects men and women equally, and once it sets in it can stay with you for life. Hypersomnia is difficult to diagnose. Its initial symptoms are usually severe daytime sleepiness. There are many reasons for excessive daytime sleepiness, so it often takes several years to confirm that a patient actually has this disease.

Causes of sleepiness 1. The most common causes

Poor sleep at night, or too short sleep time, or sleep apnea, that is, snoring and intermittent breathing while sleeping, affects the quality of sleep; over time it disrupts the biological clock. Fatigue and drowsiness, accompanied by dizziness and confusion, may be a manifestation of early neurasthenia.

The second reason for sleepiness is malnutrition and reduced energy intake.

Malnutrition can easily lead to drowsiness and sleepiness. Supplementing protein can improve sleepiness. There is also another type of illness called narcolepsy, which usually begins after puberty. The main symptom is daytime sleepiness, which manifests as sleepiness regardless of time and place. For example, sleep attacks may occur when talking to guests or at work. Narcolepsy generally does not cause other organic diseases.

Causes of sleepiness 3. Other causes

1. Hypersomnia in the elderly is not uncommon. There are many factors that cause hypersomnia in the elderly. Environmental factors, physical factors, drug factors, brain factors, etc. are all common causes.

2. Obesity and overweight in adolescents or young and middle-aged people can also cause excessive daytime sleepiness;

3. Depression may be the main cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. People with depression are three times more likely to feel excessively sleepy during the day than normal levels.

4. Diabetes. Excessive daytime sleepiness is closely related to diabetes. People with diabetes are nearly twice as likely to experience daytime sleepiness as other people. Hypothyroidism. Thyroid patients often experience drowsiness due to their low basal metabolism.

Generally, narcolepsy is not easy to be detected by everyone. Some people may not discover that they have narcolepsy until two years later or even later, and usually think that they are always sleepy for some reason. Through the above introduction, I believe everyone should have a detailed understanding of narcolepsy. The above are the main causes of narcolepsy.