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The Co-Occurrence of Sexsomnia, Sleep Bruxism and Other Sleep Disorders

Background: Sleep sex also known as sexsomnia or somnambulistic sexual behavior is proposed to be classified as NREM (non-rapid eye movement) parasomnia (as a clinical subtype of disorders of arousal from NREM sleep—primarily confusional arousals or less commonly sleepwalking), but it has also been...

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Autores principales: Martynowicz, Helena, Smardz, Joanna, Wieczorek, Tomasz, Mazur, Grzegorz, Poreba, Rafal, Skomro, Robert, Zietek, Marek, Wojakowska, Anna, Michalek, Monika, Wieckiewicz, Mieszko
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6162860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30142877
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7090233
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author Martynowicz, Helena
Smardz, Joanna
Wieczorek, Tomasz
Mazur, Grzegorz
Poreba, Rafal
Skomro, Robert
Zietek, Marek
Wojakowska, Anna
Michalek, Monika
Wieckiewicz, Mieszko
author_facet Martynowicz, Helena
Smardz, Joanna
Wieczorek, Tomasz
Mazur, Grzegorz
Poreba, Rafal
Skomro, Robert
Zietek, Marek
Wojakowska, Anna
Michalek, Monika
Wieckiewicz, Mieszko
author_sort Martynowicz, Helena
collection PubMed
description Background: Sleep sex also known as sexsomnia or somnambulistic sexual behavior is proposed to be classified as NREM (non-rapid eye movement) parasomnia (as a clinical subtype of disorders of arousal from NREM sleep—primarily confusional arousals or less commonly sleepwalking), but it has also been described in relation to REM (rapid eye movement) parasomnias. Methods: The authors searched the PubMed database to identify relevant publications and present the co-occurrence of sexsomnia and other sleep disorders as a non-systematic review with case series. Results: In the available literature the comorbidity of sexsomnia and other sleep disorders were reported mainly in case reports and less in case series. Sexsomnia was reported both with one and with multiple sleep-related disorders, with NREM parasomnias and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) being the most commonly reported. Furthermore, the authors enrich the article with new findings concerning two novel cases of sleep bruxism triggering recurrent sexsomnia episodes. Conclusions: Sexsomnia has still not been reported in the literature as often as other parasomnias. The coexistence of sexsomnia and other sleep-related disorders should be more thoroughly examined. This could help both in sexsomnia as well as other sleep-related disorders management.
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spelling pubmed-61628602018-10-02 The Co-Occurrence of Sexsomnia, Sleep Bruxism and Other Sleep Disorders Martynowicz, Helena Smardz, Joanna Wieczorek, Tomasz Mazur, Grzegorz Poreba, Rafal Skomro, Robert Zietek, Marek Wojakowska, Anna Michalek, Monika Wieckiewicz, Mieszko J Clin Med Review Background: Sleep sex also known as sexsomnia or somnambulistic sexual behavior is proposed to be classified as NREM (non-rapid eye movement) parasomnia (as a clinical subtype of disorders of arousal from NREM sleep—primarily confusional arousals or less commonly sleepwalking), but it has also been described in relation to REM (rapid eye movement) parasomnias. Methods: The authors searched the PubMed database to identify relevant publications and present the co-occurrence of sexsomnia and other sleep disorders as a non-systematic review with case series. Results: In the available literature the comorbidity of sexsomnia and other sleep disorders were reported mainly in case reports and less in case series. Sexsomnia was reported both with one and with multiple sleep-related disorders, with NREM parasomnias and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) being the most commonly reported. Furthermore, the authors enrich the article with new findings concerning two novel cases of sleep bruxism triggering recurrent sexsomnia episodes. Conclusions: Sexsomnia has still not been reported in the literature as often as other parasomnias. The coexistence of sexsomnia and other sleep-related disorders should be more thoroughly examined. This could help both in sexsomnia as well as other sleep-related disorders management. MDPI 2018-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6162860/ /pubmed/30142877 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7090233 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Smardz, Joanna
Wieczorek, Tomasz
Mazur, Grzegorz
Poreba, Rafal
Skomro, Robert
Zietek, Marek
Wojakowska, Anna
Michalek, Monika
Wieckiewicz, Mieszko
The Co-Occurrence of Sexsomnia, Sleep Bruxism and Other Sleep Disorders
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6162860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30142877
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7090233
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