A Case of Sleep Terrors with Sleepwalking Whose Therapeutic Effect by the Kampo Medicine Shokenchuto was Confirmed by Overnight Polysomnography

VernacularTitle:小建中湯による夜驚症と睡眠時遊行症の改善を終夜睡眠ポリグラフ検査にて確認できた1症例
Author: Sachie ARIMA ¹ ; Meiho NAKAYAMA ² ; Shintaro SATO ² ; Shinichi ESAKI ³ ; Shinichi IWASAKI ¹
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1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya City University
2. Good Sleep Center, Nagoya City University Hospital
3. Meieki Sleep Center, Jinai Clinic
Keywords: sleep terrors; sleepwalking; polysomnography (PSG); shokenchuto
From:Kampo Medicine 2021;72(3):248-253
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: We report a case of sleep terrors complicated with sleepwalking. The patient was 9-year-old boy who suddenly woke up, walked, or screamed in his sleep. These symptoms were sometimes induced by such as fever elevation or school events. In order to prevent injury while sleeping, he was suggested taking medicine to suppress the nocturnal behavior. After taking shokenchuto based on his findings of qi deficiency, the episodes gradually disappeared and the frequency of fever elevation decreased. In this report, we present the improvements of sleep parameters provided by overnight polysomnography, performed before and after treatment. Shokenchuto is known as one of the curative medicines for sleep terrors, but this is the first report showing objective therapeutic effects using overnight polysomnography.