What is a Sleep Study

What is a Sleep Study

Sleeping is a test that records your related data during sleep ... This is usually done in a particular laboratory ...

During the experiment, EEG observes your brain activity to identify sleep cycles and disorders.

What is the purpose of the sleep study test?

may be a sleep study to examine the following:

  • Apne's sleep
  • periodic motor disorder / restless foot syndrome
  • Narcocksi
  • Insomnia
  • Walking in sleep
  • Behavioral Disorders in Red Sleep Stage

Types of Sleep Studies

There are four types of sleep study ...

PSG Diagnostic PSG, General Sleep and some body functions such as breathing, blood oxygen content, heart and limb rhythm ...

Daily diagnostic evaluation (MSLT) can help diagnose drugs and evaluate sleep levels throughout the day.

How to Prepare Sleep

What to do in advance

The doctor will talk to you whether you are taking your medications as usual or discontinue them before testing ... Do not take any caffeine or alcohol on the day of testing, as it can interfere with the results.

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what to do

If you use comfortable pajamas, books or magazines and pillows, bring them with you ...

What should you expect to study sleep

during the study

You will have a private bedroom in a bedroom or a hospital .... Technicians sit near you to control you while sleeping ... Your room has a camcorder so they can see what happens and have an audio system so that you can talk to technicians .... Your room has an enclosed bathroom .. Only if you need to use it to turn off your interface wires to monitor equipment, inform the technicians.

may initially look unpleasant and the monitor may seem unpleasant and the monitor may look like a technician on the face, scalp, chest and organs .... They send electrical signals produced by the brain and muscle activity to measuring equipment ...

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other sleep study tests and equipment

  • EEG (Electro section) to measure and record brain wave activity
  • EMG (Electromiogram) to record muscle activity such as facial tension, tooth and foot movements.
  • EOG (Electro Ecology) to record eye movements; These movements help display different stages of sleep, especially Rem sleep
  • EKG (electrocardiogram) to record heart rate and rhythm
  • Nasal air flow sensor to record airflow
  • Snoring microphone for snoring recording

after studying sleep

In the morning technicians separate the sensors attached to the skin and go back to your daily activities ...

It takes a while for the sleeping specialist to review more than hundreds of pages of study data ...

Sleep Study Results

This data contains information about your sleep, as follows:

  • How long did you spend in each step
  • How many times you wake up
  • Did your breathing cut off and did you have a respiratory problem
  • Do you puff your roar
  • Body Status
  • Body movements
  • Unusual patterns of brain activity

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