Sleep disorder may lead to neurological disease

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If you are having a sleep disorder that it may lead to serious neurological disease, being said in a new study. According to study published in the Dec. 24 online issue of Neurology, people with a disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during deep sleep are more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease.

Study author Dr. Ronald B. Postuma, of McGill University in Montreal said “It’s basically a disorder where you act out your dreams at night.” “When people who have Sleep Behavior Disorder dream they are in a fight, which is very common, they will make punching movements,” he added.
Canadian researchers studied 93 people with “REM sleep behaviour disorder”, which can involve punching or kicking out while dreaming and examined them after five, 10 and 12 years for signs of neurological disorders such as dementia or Parkinson’s disease.
After 12 years, researchers found the majority of people with RBD developed either dementia or Parkinson’s, with 26 developing neurodegenerative disease, 15 developing Parkinsons and 11 developing dementia.
Researchers hope that identifying those at risk for these diseases will help them develop new treatments to either slow or possibly even halt their progression.