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Abstract XA~ U!”~j; jl_a!’t o.f 1_his. review ~ ... a. !Jri.ed historical review of studies and researches that has been done in sleep disorders in children over the past • The aim of the work is to give a full knowledge about sleep pattern, behaviour and disorders in children • A description of sleep stages, norms and extremes with explination of neurophysiologic, humoral and biochemical regulation of sleep had been done by this work. Classification of sleep disorders which is diagnostic grouped sleep disorders into four major categories • These include, Disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep, Excessive day time sleepiness, Disorder of sleep wake schedules, and Parasomnias • The major sleep problems that can be seen in pediatric practice include : - 139 - - Nightmares, - Night terrors, Sleeptalking, Somnambulism, Enuresis, - Hypersomnia, Narcolepsy, Kleine-Lavin Syndrome, Pickwickian syndrome, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, Sleep apnea • Insomnia, Sleep associated airway problems, and Sleep disturbances associated with systemic illness • There are several systemic illness that may be accompanied with sleep disturbances as asthmatic attack, colic 1coronary disease, gastric hyperacidity and drUg intoxication • - 140 - In addition to the above discussed sleep disturbances seen in pediatric practice there are other dysfunctions that are associated with sleep in children as head banging, Bruxism, Nocturnal seizuries, Paroxysmal sleep Dystonia, Sleep myoclonus, Sleep Pain and sleep paralysis • from this study, we are commend a diagnostic approach and a strategies for managing sleep disorders • |