Pain in Sleepwalking: A Clinical Enigma

Conclusion:Our results highlight the clinical enigma of pain in sleepwalking patients with complaints of frequent chronic pain, migraine, and headache during wakefulness but who report retrospectively experience of analgesia during severe parasomnia episodes, suggesting a relationship between dissociated brain activity and nociceptive dysregulation.Citation:Lopez R, Jaussent I, Dauvilliers Y. Pain in sleepwalking: a clinical enigma. SLEEP 2015;38(11):1693–1698.
Source: Sleep - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research