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Night Terrors Learning Center
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Night terrors are a sleep disorder in which a person quickly awakens from sleep in a terrified state.
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Sleep terror disorder is defined as repeated temporary arousal from sleep, during which the affected person appears and acts extremely frightened.
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Night terrors are a sleep disorder characterized by anxiety episodes with extreme panic, often accompanied by screaming, flailing, fast breathing, and sweating and that usually occur within a few hours after going to sleep.
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Childhood night terrors are a parasomnia, or partial-sleep disorder, common in young children. They occur in the deepest stage of sleep and are characterized by an abrupt arousal, usually within the first hour of sleep. The child may sit bolt upri...
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Also referred to as pavor nocturnus, a childhood sleep disorder featuring behavior that appears to be intense fear. Night terrors, known medically as pavor nocturnus, are episodes that apparently occur during the non-dreaming stages of sleep in so...
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