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Aetiology

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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

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