Causes of children's sleepwalking

Many people have some strange behaviors when they sleep, among which sleepwalking is very common. Some parents find that their children sleepwalk when they sleep. Let's share the reasons for sleepwalking. Let's have a look.

Causes of children sleepwalking 1 psychosocial factors

Such as daily life disorder, environmental stress, anxiety and fear; Family disharmony, bad parent-child relationship, nervous study and poor exam results are all related to sleepwalking.

Sleep too hard

Because sleepwalking often occurs in the early 1/3 deep sleep period, various factors that deepen sleep, such as overwork during the day, staying up late for several days, taking sleeping pills before going to bed, etc. , can induce sleepwalking.

hereditary factor

The survey shows that sleepwalkers have more family history, and the comorbidity rate of identical twins is 6 times higher than that of identical twins, which shows that the disease is related to genetic factors.

Development factors

Because the disease mostly occurs in childhood, it gradually stops with the increase of age, indicating that sleepwalking may be related to cerebral cortex development retardation.

What should parents pay attention to for sleepwalking children?

Sleepwalking mostly happens in the growth and development of boys aged 6- 12. On the basis of excluding organic factors, it is mostly related to social and psychological factors, life rhythm and growth and development factors. For patients with epilepsy related to psychological factors, hypnotherapy can be used to sort out the problems and eliminate the influence of psychological factors, which can play a certain therapeutic role.

Avoid talking about the seriousness of his illness and his sleepwalking in front of children, so as not to increase their tension, anxiety and fear. Avoid aggravating sleepwalking symptoms.

As long as the number of attacks is small, treatment is generally not needed. Parents need to pay attention to the control of the sleeping environment and lock the doors and windows before going to bed to prevent their children from getting lost during sleepwalking. Collect all kinds of dangerous goods, don't make a fire indoors, so as not to cause accidents that hurt yourself and others. Family members should pay attention to nursing during the attack to prevent accidents.

Be careful not to forcibly wake up the children who are having an attack, which may make them more confused and excited. It should be quietly and slowly led to bed.

Arrange work and rest time reasonably, cultivate good sleep habits and daily life rules, avoid excessive fatigue and high tension, pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early, exercise, and adjust the sleep rhythm to the best state.

With the increase of age, most children's sleepwalking symptoms will be gradually alleviated and finally completely relieved. For more serious children, moderate use of sedatives can deepen sleep and have certain effects.

Reasons for children sleepwalking 2 What should children do when sleepwalking?

Generally speaking, with the growth of age, the cerebral cortex is gradually developed and perfected, or after the inducement is lifted, sleepwalking can often be cured without treatment, so parents don't have to worry too much about it. Don't be too nervous when sleepwalking, but you must pay attention to strengthening safety protection to prevent accidents. If it is not suitable to place dangerous goods indoors and make a fire, lock the doors and windows.

If a sleepwalker is found out of the house, parents can take the child home, let him go back to bed and go back to sleep, without having to wake him up forcibly. Because forced awakening may make children more confused and excited. After the attack, help the child sleep well again and cover the quilt.

Sleepwalking often occurs at the same time as serious diseases (such as epilepsy). Children with sleepwalking usually have great mental stress in the future. In this kind of children, sleepwalking often appears at the same time as other symptoms, so that adults can know the obvious abnormal behavior of children in their own development. In this case, the child should be treated immediately.