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Hypnic headache — Hypnic headaches are benign primary headaches that affect the elderly, with the average age of onset being 63 +/ 11 years4. They are moderate, throbbing, bilateral or unilateral headaches that wake the sufferer from sleep once or multiple times a … Wikipedia
Hypnic jerk — A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, or night start, is an involuntary myoclonic twitch which occurs during hypnagogia, just as a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing them to awaken suddenly. Physically, hypnic jerks resemble … Wikipedia
hypnic — hyp·nic (hipґnik) [Gr. hypnikos] hypnotic (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
hypnic — hypˈnic adjective Relating to or inducing sleep noun A soporific • • • Main Entry: ↑hypno … Useful english dictionary
hypnic headache — a rare primary headache, occurring mainly in individuals over 50 years of age, that wakes the person from sleep, often at about the same time each night. Pain is dull, diffuse, and often bilateral and throbbing and lasts 15 minutes or longer … Medical dictionary
hypnic jerks — sudden brief contractions at the onset of sleep, usually in the lower limbs but sometimes also of the head and upper limbs … Medical dictionary
Myoclonus — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G25.3 ICD 9 333.2 … Wikipedia
Sleep — Waking up redirects here. For other uses, see Waking Up (disambiguation). This article is about sleep in general; for specifically non human sleep see Sleep (non human); for other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). Sleeping child Sleep is a… … Wikipedia
Sleep disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F51, G47 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Headache — For other uses, see Headache (disambiguation). Headache A person with a headache. ICD 10 G43 G … Wikipedia
