The sleepy teenager - diagnostic challenges

Frontiers in Neurology

Maria eEngström²  Anne-Marie eLandtblom² 

[1] Linköping University;Linköping university;Uppsala University;

关键词: Adolescent;    Cognition Disorders;    Depression;    Fatigue;    Multiple Sclerosis;    Narcolepsy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fneur.2014.00140

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The sleepy teenager is a diagnostic challenge because the problems may be physiological or pathological, with behavioural, social and pychological expressions. It is of great importance that health staff that encounter young people with sleep disturbancehave good knowledge about the diseases that must be excluded. Narcolepsy, periodic hypersomnia like Kleine Levin syndrome, delayed sleep phase syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, depression and substance useas well as fatigue from chronic disease like multiple sclerosis should be investigated. Clinical assessment, neurophysiological and laboratory investigations constitute important support in these investigations.Functionalmethods, for example fMRI, are being developed. The role of computer gaming and use of social media in the night is discussed in relation to these diseases. Cognitive dysfunction may develop with several of the conditions. There is need for increased awareness of how to investigate sleep disturbance in children and young people.

【 授权许可】

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