Russian Pediatric Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(6), P. 441 - 445
Published: Dec. 24, 2024
Increased daytime sleepiness is an important symptom of disturbed night sleep, which should not be neglected. Hypersomnia reduces the quality life, complicates socialization, can provoke insomnia, impulsive behaviour, and even depression or suicidal tendencies. The causes increased may non-compliance with sleep hygiene, nighttime disorders (obstructive apnea syndrome, etc.). If these conditions are excluded, you need to pay attention rare forms pathology included in group central hypersomnia. Aim review: determine prevalence, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnosis, treatment hypersomnia children. Among hypersomnia, narcolepsy more common than rest population. Idiopathic Kleine-Levin syndrome pathology. pathogenesis has yet been sufficiently studied, immune system key importance, but there other causes. leading clinical manifestation sleepiness, worsens child’s life. In diagnosis polysomnography multiple latency test (MTLS) some cases diagnostic methods (MRI) used. Pharmacotherapy relieves condition sick children, does completely eliminate symptoms. New medicines being developed. Treatment hypertension comprehensive, limited drug therapy.
Language: Английский