aetiology

Last reviewed 01/2018

The causes of sleep deprivation include:

  • not getting enough sleep - occurred since the invention of the electric light, most people tend to run their lives sleep deprived
  • loony lifestyles - people who party all night and junior doctors!, etc.
  • idiopathic hyposomnalence - a basket of conditions
  • sleep disruption syndromes, which are mostly respiratory