Thursday, February 27, 2014

Blogpost 7: Sleeping Disorder: Bruxism (Teeth Grinding)

In my family, most of us has this disease. My mom slaps us when we're doing this while we are asleep. She said that slapping can remove this sleeping disorder, but it doesn't work.

According in this article entitled, "A Lineman in My Bed: Notes on Teeth Grinding" by Paul VanDeCarr from the website 
nytimes.com. This sleeping disorders are grinding teeth while we are asleep. Dr. Lavigne said that they are problems in upper and lower teeth but that theory was not proven because of lack of evidences. She said that stress is one of the cause of this sleeping disorder but not all people that are stress is grinding their teeth. They tested 2 anti-anxiety medications; buspirone and clonezepam. Nuspirone only made jittery, but clonzepam only made it worst. It said that bruxism has no cure but can reduce the disorder.

The author said that, “The better the pharmacological treatment works, the more fraught it is with difficulty.

I've crossed an article entitled, "Bruxism makes alife a grind for sufferers" by Jessica Yadegaran from the website articles.chicagotribune.com. Like the previous article, bruxism has no cure. They tried to put muscle relaxant to reduce the tension. The deep ache was removed after a few visit. Streching out the muscle and applying ice can be like pain reliever. They said that people are not sleeping well are more prone to activate their jaw because teeth grinding is more likely on nighttime phenomenon.

Jessica Yadegaran said that, "listening to one's body can be the ultimate cure." Well, I agree on what she said because we can do anything. The only thing that made us suffer is our self.

I conclude that, to those who have this disease, I don't think that there is no cure. Only us is the cure of this disease, we can avoid this if we are motivate to remove this kind of disease.

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