Daniela Figueiredo Ramos, J. Magalhães, Paulo Santos, J. Vale, Maria Inês Santos
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: To report a case of recurrent isolated sleep paralysis (RISP), a benign parasomnia with worrisome and frightening sleep paralysis episodes. Case description: We describe a case of RISP in a sixteen-year-old girl who seeks medical attention for anxiety symptoms. The sleep paralysis and associated auditory and tactile hallucinations began three years before with worsening in the last year, causing fear of sleeping. The episodes were intensely frightening causing negative impact in patient’s sleep, school performance and social function. Medical conditions were excluded, and she started treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with complete resolution of symptoms. Comments: Sleep complaints are often devalued. Therefore, clinicians should actively ask their patients about their sleep during health assessment.
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The Revista Paulista de Pediatria publishes original contributions, case reports and review of clinical research with methodological approach in the areas of health and disease of neonates, infants, children and adolescents. The objective is to disseminate research with methodological quality on issues that comprise the health of children and adolescents. All articles are freely available online, via SciELO. Its abbreviated title is Rev. Paul. Pediatr., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.
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