Medical profession 'needs to be more aware of sleep disorders'

Doctors need to be more aware of sleep disorders, according to Anne Wollenberg of the Guardian.

The columnist who suffers from idiopathic hypersomnia, which is similar to narcolepsy, claims 25 per cent of people in the UK are living with a sleep disorder.

She states there are about 80 known disorders including narcolepsy which results in uncontrollable sleep attacks during the day and sleep apnoea when people stop breathing while asleep.

However, despite the relatively high-prevalence of these disorders, Ms Wollenberg says when someone visits their doctor to discuss disturbed sleep, they are more likely to put it down to depression or diabetes than something like narcolepsy.

She states it took seven years for her condition to be diagnosed.

Ms Wollenberg concludes: "With so many sufferers in the UK, surely it's time for the medical profession to wake up to sleep disorders."

Meanwhile a study published in the journal Diabetic Medicine this week found stressed out men who do not sleep properly could be more at risk of developing diabetes.

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