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What Causes Physical Movement While Sleeping?

Posted on Tue, 28 Jun 2016

Question: hi,
my father in law is having weird disease of physical movement during sleep.
please suggest

Answered by Dr. Naveen Kumar (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
find the answer below.

Detailed Answer:
Welcome to health care magic, I share your concern and I will try to help you out in best possible way.
Physical movement due to sleep can be due to a variety of causes and they are related to sleep disorders, which requires thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like EEG, PET scan etc to ascertain the reason and effective clinical management.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Let me know if I can assist you further

Dr. Naveen XXXXXXX
Medical Consultant.
Ebix, Inc.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar

Follow up: Dr. Naveen Kumar (8 hours later)

so in which department we should go for these tests. As well I stay in XXXXXXX Indirapuram, XXXXXXX Can you suggest any hospital for the same.

Answered by Dr. Naveen Kumar (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
find the answer below.

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back.
You will have to go to neurology department. Where all the above mentioned tests will be carried out. If you are staying in XXXXXXX it is advisable to visit XXXXXXX As there are specialists to handle these sort of cases.

Regards
Dr Naveen

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar

Follow up: Dr. Naveen Kumar (40 minutes later)

Thank a lot for the advice. Its very helpful

Answered by Dr. Naveen Kumar (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
welcome.

Detailed Answer:
You are welcome. Wishing your father good health.

Regards
Dr Naveen

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar