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Article: Sleep disorders areamore common, but treatable
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2001
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Sleep disorders are common, affecting millions of Americans each year.
Andrew Mouton, a clinical psychologist and board-certified specialist at the Edward Sleep Center, answers some common questions about sleep disorders.
Q. What is a sleep disorder?
A. A sleep disorder is any condition that causes a person's sleep to be unrefreshing.
Some involve difficulty falling or staying asleep.
Sleep also can be impaired by such things as snoring and other breathing problems.
Most patients with sleep disorders are sleepy during the day, even when sleeping eight or more hours each night.
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder.
Other commonly occurring disorders include snoring, sleep apnea ...