Sleep disorders in children

Causes of sleep disorders

Specialists identified four main causes of sleep disorders in children:

• Emotional stress.
• Sleep disturbance for physiological reasons.
• Problems with neurology.
• Somatic causes.

Depending on the age, the most simple moments can affect the sleep, for example, when the baby is stopped from breastfeeding, also the change in the usual regime of the day, the stressful situations in the family or the poor environment of the child in communication affect the sleep.

Young children often have colic in the abdomen, sometimes children do not get enough nutrition, especially pain during the appearance of teeth. Such causes are temporary and will soon disappear, it is much more difficult to deal with somatic causes, and this can be chronic diseases of internal organs. Very often in children with sleep disorders, there are diseases of the nervous system and mental disorders. If the child has serious problems with sleep disturbances, then they must be determined with accuracy by conducting a survey. Below are just some of the most common causes of sleep disorders.

Manifestation of sleep disorders

As a rule, a bad dream is accompanied by such manifestations:

• Bruxism.
• Enuresis.
• Sudden wince.
• Uneven breathing. Nightmares and fear.

Bruxism is a fairly common phenomenon, the child in the dream grinds his teeth, such a symptom can appear at any time, most often this is the age of 10-13 years, according to observations, bruxism is noted in 15% of children. This pathology can be accompanied by increased blood pressure, malfunctioning in breathing, frequent palpitations. Of course, at the same time suffer and prematurely destroy the teeth, so you should definitely contact the dentist and neurologist.

Sudden winceups appear due to the pathologies of sleep. Especially often, flinches occur at the moment of falling asleep. A similar symptom exists both in children and in adults, in teenagers this type of abnormalities is especially frequent. If the flinches are very frequent and constant, then a checkup is necessary to rule out epilepsy.

Night fear arises from psychomotor agitation, followed by fear. The child at that moment does not feel the presence of a person next to him, and when he wakes up, he absolutely does not remember anything. The reason for this are the impressions and emotions from various events, it is noted more often in boys under 8 years old. Such symptoms manifest themselves with sharp awakenings with screaming and crying, while the children call their parents. The child can cry for a few minutes and then fall asleep, such fears are repeated several times during the week.

Curing night fears in childhood is quite difficult, they themselves disappear as they grow older. But night fears can manifest themselves in adults, this is a consequence of strong physical and mental stress, they can also be in hypertensive patients and in people with vegetative-vascular dystonia. It is recommended to use herbal sedative, there are a lot of them and they effectively help.

Sleep disorders are characterized by rather complex mental and behavioral manifestations, among them:

• Walking in a dream.
• Nightmares in the plots of dreams.
• Conversation in a dream.

People walking in a dream, they are somnambulists and lunatics. A very complex form of the pathology of sleep, when a person in a dormant state walks, performs rather complex actions that appear to be completely thought out or seem to be awkward. Sleepwalking is often noted in children aged 5-10 years, somnambulists, being in a dream, go with their eyes open. Medicine tends to the fact that such people have brain diseases such as epilepsy, together with this disease people can have enuresis, various mental pathologies and nocturnal fears.

The conversation in a dream is celebrated in almost every person, but there are very obvious forms and are repeated all the time, when a person does not just mutter something, but talks quite clearly and for a long time.

Nightmares also occur in people of all ages, but most often in children from 3 to 12 years. At this age, children are very impressionable and experience in their dreams the emotions that have been imbibed in a day, in addition, the development of the child also has a significant influence. Often, nightmares can be the result of diseases, for example, a child sees in a dream strangulation, this may be a consequence of a chronic respiratory disease or a prolonged runny nose. In the case of nightmares, the child sleeps peacefully, and after awakening remembers everything that he dreamed.

Cases when a medical examination of

• is necessary In case of sleep disorders in children under 1 year of age.
• When due to disturbances in sleep, the child's physical and mental condition deteriorates, behavior and development change.
• When for several months, sleep disturbances do not stop.
• With constant night enuresis.
• In case of trouble breathing in sleep.

Methods of traditional medicine for sleep disorders

In any case, you need to examine the child, get a doctor's opinion or even the alleged causes of sleep disorders. If the causes can not be established by medical means, you can resort to a variety of folk remedies. First, assess the situation in your family and eliminate all causes that can cause stress or psychological discomfort. Secondly, revise the diet, give the child more natural products, fruits and juices, and limit it to sweets. Third, TV and computer are also a powerful source of psychological stress and stress, it is much better if the child will read books for a while.

It is very important to adjust the regime of day and sleep, do not let the child sit up late and watch adult programs. For a couple of hours before sleep, you need to let the child calm down, exclude too lively and funny games. It will not be superfluous to make evening walks. Morning is to start with light physical exercises, and in the summer, if possible, you can conduct water procedures. It is very useful moist bath of dew, for this early in the morning soak the sheet in the grass and then wrap the child in it, let the kid sleep in it for a couple of hours. As a rule, older children disrupt the diet and eat before going to bed, it is necessary to exclude it.

Evening baths containing salts, needles and various herbs are very useful. For example, a collection of motherwort, thyme, hops and oregano in quantities of 500 grams should be brewed and added to a bath with water about 37 ° C.The procedure lasts up to 10 minutes, such sessions need to be done 10 times.

Child fright is a very common cause of sleep disorders. In folk medicine for this, bathing in broth from herbs and flowers is used, for this one needs immortelle, sporish, elephant root or tansy flowers. One of the herbs in the amount of 50 grams should be brewed in a liter of boiling water, to make 10-15 minutes, and then strain, add to the bath for 20 liters. Also very well calms the root of valerian, which should be wrapped up in a wrapped form at the head of the bed, the spreading aroma coolly soothes the baby.

As a sedative, the motherwort, chamomile and oregano, ivan tea and valerian have long been used. Chamomile broth should be given a quarter cup before going to bed an hour. A tablespoon of chamomile for a glass of boiling water, then give 15 minutes to boil, you can add a little sugar. Infusion should be given freshly brewed in a warm form.

From the root of valerian is made tincture, the root is small and a tablespoon is brewed in a glass of boiling water, boil for 15 minutes. About an hour you need to let it brew and drain. This tincture should be given 3 times a day on a teaspoonful.

For calming, there is a good collection. You need 5 grams of valerian root, 10 g of Leonurus, 5 g cones of hops, 5 grams of hawthorn. All this brew in 0.5 liters of boiling water and a couple of hours to insist, you need to use a tablespoon.

Pumpkin broth with honey, also very good soothing. It is necessary to finely chop 200 grams of pumpkin and say it for 20 minutes, then cool the broth add honey, 1 tablespoon.

Problems with sleeping in infants are treated by putting the baby next to themselves, especially for those children who are breastfeeding, in this case the child feels the mother nearby and sleeps quietly.