Night Terrors
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Night Terrors

Find out about the sleep disorder of night terrors that may affect your young child or adults: symptoms, treatment, prevention of night terrors.

Night Terrors


There are different sleep disorders called parasomnias :

  • nightmares
  • somnambulism
  • and night terrors

Night terrors are a sleep disorder which are part of parasomnias. The night terror's attacks can be very violent because there are sudden physical movements, yelling and physiological tachycardia, anxiety.

But how do you see the difference between a nightmare and a night terror ?

They are really differents and how to respond to them differs depending on whether it is a nightmare or a night terror.