A parent tells the nurse that her child woke up terrified, with eyes opened and cried out. The child did not recall the event in the morning. The nurse explains that this event is called:
A) night terrors.
B) somnambulism.
C) enuresis.
D) bruxism.
A) night terrors.
Explanation: A) During a night terror the child seems to wake from NREM sleep terrified, sits up with open eyes, cries out, may speak incoherently, and is unresponsive to outside stimuli. The child remains asleep and does not remember the night terror the following morning. This is one of the parasomnias.
B) Parasomnias include bruxism (grinding one's teeth during sleep), somnambulism (sleep walking), nightmares, enuresis (bedwetting), sleep paralysis, REM sleep behavior disorder, night terrors (also called sleep terrors), and other phenomena.
C) Parasomnias include bruxism (grinding one's teeth during sleep), somnambulism (sleep walking), nightmares, enuresis (bedwetting), sleep paralysis, REM sleep behavior disorder, night terrors (also called sleep terrors), and other phenomena.
D) Parasomnias include bruxism (grinding one's teeth during sleep), somnambulism (sleep walking), nightmares, enuresis (bedwetting), sleep paralysis, REM sleep behavior disorder, night terrors (also called sleep terrors), and other phenomena.
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