Insomnia, kent as sleeplessness an aw, is a sleep disorder whaur fowk hae trooble sleepin.[1] Thay mey hae difficulty fawin asleep, or stayin asleep as lang as desired.[2][3] Insomnia is teepically follaed bi daytime sleepiness, law energy, irritability, an a depressed muid. It mey result in an increased risk o motor vehicle collisions, as well as problems focusin an learnin. Insomnia can be short term, lastin for days or weeks, or lang term, lastin mair nor a month.[1]

Insomnia
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Pronunciationin-SOM-ne-ah[1]
Clessification an freemit resoorces
SpecialtyPsychiatry, sleep medicin
ICD-10F51.0, G47.0
ICD-9-CM307.42, 307.41, 327.0, 780.51, 780.52
DiseasesDB26877
MedlinePlus000805
eMedicinemed/2698
Patient UKInsomnia
MeSHD007319

References

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  1. a b c "What Is Insomnia?". NHLBI. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. Golub, R. M. (2012). "Insomnia". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 307 (24): 2653–2653. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.6219. PMID 22735439.
  3. Roth, T. (2007). "Insomnia: Definition, prevalence, etiology, and consequences". Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 3 (5 Suppl): S7–10. PMC 1978319. PMID 17824495.