The Co-Occurrence of Sexsomnia, Sleep Bruxism and Other Sleep Disorders.
J Clin Med
; 7(9)2018 Aug 23.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Sleep sex also known as sexsomnia or somnambulistic sexual behavior is proposed to be classified as NREM (non-rapid eye movement) parasomnia (as a clinical subtype of disorders of arousal from NREM sleep-primarily confusional arousals or less commonly sleepwalking), but it has also been described in relation to REM (rapid eye movement) parasomnias.METHODS:
The authors searched the PubMed database to identify relevant publications and present the co-occurrence of sexsomnia and other sleep disorders as a non-systematic review with case series.RESULTS:
In the available literature the comorbidity of sexsomnia and other sleep disorders were reported mainly in case reports and less in case series. Sexsomnia was reported both with one and with multiple sleep-related disorders, with NREM parasomnias and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) being the most commonly reported. Furthermore, the authors enrich the article with new findings concerning two novel cases of sleep bruxism triggering recurrent sexsomnia episodes.CONCLUSIONS:
Sexsomnia has still not been reported in the literature as often as other parasomnias. The coexistence of sexsomnia and other sleep-related disorders should be more thoroughly examined. This could help both in sexsomnia as well as other sleep-related disorders management.
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Med
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article
País de afiliação:
Polônia