We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. Frequent disruption of the natural sleep cycle often creates stress and can seriously impair the ability to function and enjoy everyday living. Occasional loss of sleep is of little consequence. It happens to everyone and can be caused by anxiety, overeating or drinking, an injury or other temporary circumstances.  

Anyone experiencing repeated sleep loss, however, should seek help from a medical professional who can complete a sleep analysis to pinpoint the cause of chronic sleep loss. Left untreated, the condition can lead to more serious health problems. 

Researchers have confirmed more than 50 disorders that can lead to difficulty with falling asleep, remaining asleep or staying awake during normal wakeful hours. Fortunately, most of these problems, once diagnosed, respond to treatment. Even for normal sleepers, sleep is a complex process with multiple cycles, such as intermittent periods of deep and light sleep, dream sleep and sleep without dreams.

Your body’s functions throughout sleep undergo frequent, significant changes. Your brain remains highly active, blood pressure rises and falls and heart rhythm and breathing does likewise. The same variable activity occurs in vital functions throughout your body.

Physicians at Carolinas Sleep Services carefully analyze a patient's physiological functions during sleep to identify the causes of sleep disorders. Every second of a patient's sleep patterns and characteristics are monitored, measured and recorded using sophisticated technology.