Exploring Sickle Cell Disease and Associated Sleep Disorders

Dave Clarke, MBBS, ABPN, ABCN, ABSM

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Director of the Le Bonheur Epilepsy Monitoring
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

Sickle cell disease is characterized in part by cognitive dysfunction and other symptoms commonly observed in patients with sleep disorders, suggesting a potential link. Investigation of sleep disorders in children finds that sickle cell disease is associated with excessive sleepiness, impaired concentration, and other symptoms and signs suggestive of such common sleep/wake disorders as obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and insomnia.

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