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Night Terror: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

Diagnosis

Diagnosis for Night Terror is achieved by monitoring a patient's symptoms and sleep diary kept by their family / partner. The symptoms for Night Terrors are so clear and unique, that no special tests are required.

Complications / Issues

Apart from a disturbed sleep for the Night Terror sufferer and their family / partner, there are no real complications resulting from Night Terrors.

Treatment

Night Terrors are so transitory and temporary that medical help or the taking of medicines or prescribed drugs is often unnecessary. However, in extreme cases, treatment options can range from treatment of Sleep Apnea to the prescription of benzodiazepines and psychotherapy.

For the vast majority of Night Terror sufferers, the best treatments are:

• Gentleness and calmness by family members to the sufferer
• Disposal of anything nearby that might hurt the subject
• Avoiding loud voices or movements that might frighten the subject further

It is also important to remember that the person experiencing the terror is unaware that they are dreaming. As a result, if they are told that "it was just a dream", then they may become even more agitated because they can be quite convinced that what they are experiencing is real.

	Random Sleeping Tip
Every person has a very different sleep pattern, there are people who are very sensitive to sound while they are sleeping. If you have a partner who has a snoring problem that can really affect your sleeping pattern. It is important that you get your partner checked out for the snoring problem so that this issue resolves, but if this cannot be resolved on an urgent basis, then you must switch the room so that your sleep is not disturbed and you wake up fresh during morning.

The quickest remedy for the vast majority of Night Terror episodes is simply to calm the person and convince them to "go back to sleep" (although they are, in fact, already asleep).

Prevention

If the Night Terrors are triggered by:

• Emotional Stress
• Lack of Sleep / recent disturbed sleep

Then each of these triggers can managed by reducing emotional stress, especially prior to bedtime, and ensuring that a full night's sleep is achieved every night.

• If the Night Terrors are triggered by: Fever - especially High Fever then this condition can treated by fever reducing medications.

For other causes or triggers for Night Terror, such as age and genetics, then various treatments are available to prevent or reduce the onset of the symptoms of Night Terrors, especially in severe cases.

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