Sleep Related Scratching: A Distinct Parasomnia? | Zendy

Gaurav Nigam | Zendy; Muhammad Riaz | Zendy; Shelley Hershner | Zendy; Cathy Goldstein | Zendy; Ronald D. Chervin | Zendy

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Sleep Related Scratching: A Distinct Parasomnia?

Author(s) -

Gaurav Nigam,

Muhammad Riaz,

Shelley Hershner,

Cathy Goldstein,

Ronald D. Chervin

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.5416

Subject(s) - parasomnia , scratching , medicine , itching , dermatology , sleep (system call) , sleep disorder , psychiatry , insomnia , physics , computer science , acoustics , operating system

Pruritus (itching) during the sleep period can present as a symptom of dermatological or systemic disease, or as a parasomnia. Sleep related scratching as a primary parasomnia, exclusively confined to sleep in the absence of coexisting dermatological disorders, has not been well described. This case series describes three such patients, and discusses potentially relevant pathophysiology that can underlie itching or pain. Such cases of sleep related scratching may merit nosologic classification apart from previously defined parasomnias.

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