Types

Sleep Disorders in Children

Stanford Sleep Medicine Center physicians will perform a thorough history and physical exam in order to evaluate your child's symptoms fully and diagnose the sleep disorder. Information about home, school, and your child's sleep environment, recent changes in routine or social stressors, school performance, previous sleep history and testing, and other medical conditions are all important. These factors – including the quality of the parents' sleep – are important to assess. To further help with the diagnosis, the child may be asked to stay overnight for a sleep study at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. In some cases, blood tests may be ordered. The child and/or parents may be asked to keep a sleep diary as well.

A sizeable list of medical disorders can contribute to sleep disorders in children, including:

Arousal Disorders

Snoring

Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Central Sleep Apnea (CSA)

Restless Legs Syndrome

Insomnia

Nighttime Sleep Behaviors/Parasomnias