Fatigue and the Need For a Sleep Study
Dr. Bruno’s Original Post: Here is another reason all polio survivors with fatigue should have an overnight sleep study in a hospital or sleep center. This article's reporting of slow brain waves in sleep deprived individuals is exactly what we saw when we measured EEG in polio survivors with fatigue.
“Not only YOU are sleep deprived, your BRAIN is sleep deprived”. UCLA neuroscientist Dr. Itzhak Fried
Blame Tired Brain Cells for Mental Lapses After Poor Sleep
UCLA-led study shows sleep deprivation disrupts brain-cell communication
“Ever sleep poorly and then walk out of the house without your keys? Or space out on the highway and nearly hit a stalled car? A new study is the first to reveal how sleep deprivation disrupts our brain cells’ ability to communicate with each other, leading to temporary mental lapses that affect memory and visual perception.”
“We discovered that starving the body of sleep also robs neurons of the ability to function properly,” said senior author Dr. Itzhak Fried, professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Tel Aviv University. “This paves the way for cognitive lapses in how we perceive and react to the world around us.”
“Previous studies have tied sleep deprivation to a heightened risk of depression, obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and stroke. Research has also shown that medical residents who work long shifts without sleep may be prone to make errors in patient care.”
Note from Dr. Bruno: Medicare usually requires the home study prior to the overnight.
The full article is a good read for anyone with sleep issues.