What I want to talk to you about today is rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD for short) On the contrary, RBD means that the body is awake but the brain is still dreaming!
A patient once came to me to adjust his sleep apnea machine. I reviewed his usual medication list, found the patient was taking Parkinson's disease medicationI asked casually: Will you hit someone while sleeping? The lady on the side said in surprise: Hey! how do you know? ! So I went to sleep next door...
Recent research has found that REM sleep behavior disorder may be Signs of Parkinson's disease, is an abnormal sleep state that often occurs in adults over 50 years old, mostly in men. Patients with RBD will "act out their dreams", that is, they will act in accordance with their dreams while sleeping. These actions may include punching, kicking, jumping up and down from the bed, yelling, or swearing. Most of them dream about standing up to protect their family members or being chased. These behaviors often lead to the patient himself being injured, and even the person sleeping next to him is also frightened and injured. In the United States, there have been dangerous cases of RBD patients holding guns or jumping out of windows while sleeping.
If there are elders in the family or people around you, the most important thing is to protect the safety of the patient and the person next to him. People with abnormal REM behavior will have a higher chance of suffering from Parkinson's disease or other neurodegenerative diseases in the future than ordinary people. You must seek treatment from a professional doctor and undergo a complete sleep examination. Once diagnosed, drug treatment can usually be very effective in controlling these abnormal behaviors. In addition, regular follow-up is very important!
