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What type of condition is periodic limb movements in sleep?
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PLMS is characterized by jerking leg movements while sleeping that may occur as frequently as every 20 seconds. These jerks disrupt sleep by causing continual arousals throughout the night.
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What are the symptoms of nocturnal myoclonus?
Patients with nocturnal myoclonus, sometimes called periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD), awaken because of cramps or twitches in the calves and feel sleepy the next day.
What name is given to an artificial limb?
A prosthetic limb or "prosthetic"
Why is the west limb of the sun red-shifted and the east limb blue-shifted?
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List of two joint muscles in upper and lower limb?
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Can you break a limb?
Yes!
What can you do about a spouse who disturbs your sleep with restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder but claims he'll divorce you if you sleep away from him in a different bed?
Take your spouse to get it checked out. He may have restless leg syndrome or possibly sleep apnea . Both can be medically treated.
What is the condition known as phantom limb?
It occurs when a person feels pin in a limb that has been amputated.
What is the condition in which the limb becomes progressively flexed and immobile?
parkinsons disease
What are abnormal results for a polysomnography test?
Abnormal transitions in stages of sleep may indicate narcolepsy. Reduced air flow and low blood oxygenation, may indicate apnea or hypopnea. Frequent movement of limbs indicates periodic limb movement.
What is a sentence for the word limp?
limb for a limb will make the world a horrible place. Limbs allow our movements.
What are movements along the sagittal plane that decrease the angle between two bones?
Flexion is the general term for movements that decrease the angle between two bones; however, in the sagittal plane, the special term "adduction" is used for movements that decrease the angle between the limb and the midline.
What term means the normal jerking of the limb during the sleep?
Myoclonus describes the sudden involuntary jerking of a muscle.Nocturnal myoclonus
How do you say cut you from limb to limb in old English?
Perhaps the expression you want is "limb from limb" and not "from limb to limb."
Could years of both restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder be disturbing enough to restful sleep to actually shorten a person's life?
Absolutely! Your lifestyle will determine how long you live. If you want to find out how old you really are, take the age test on www.realage.com it is very interesting. Not getting enough sleep keeps your body from rejuvinating fully. Your body "recharges" while you sleep and needs to do it during the night time, That is why when you are sick you sleep a lot, your immune system is working overtime. We are not nocturnal beings like a bat, we sleep at night and are awake during the daytime for a reason.
Gait in a sentence?
Gait means a way of walking or the pattern of limb movements of animals and humans as they move forward. She kept the horse at a comfortable gait on the trail ride.
Can you drink coffee with ran-pantoprazole?
I drank a lot of coffee before going on Ran-Pantoprazole and found the repetitive limb movements did not get better until I cut my intake of coffee in half. So I went from 4 cups espresso per day to two cups. I missed the coffee a bit, but liked the increased quality of my sleep much better.
What is the definition of flexion?
Flexion (noun) = the action of bending or the condition of being bent, especially the bending of a limb or joint. "flexion of the fingers"
