Being Referred to a Sleep Specialist
Posted on March 5, 2008
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But sleep medicine is still a sub specialty and doctors must complete their medical training and primary specialty training before they study sleep medicine. For example, a doctor can be a neurologist or a neurologist and sleep specialist, but not just sleep specialist.
Sleep specialists are trained to recognize the symptoms of all known sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, parasomnias, narcolepsy, various primary and secondary insomnias, restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorders. In addition, they also:
?Conduct sleep tests including overnight polysomnography (PSG) and multiple sleep latency tests (MLSTs) and interpret the results
?Formulate treatment plans for patients who need continuing specialized care
?Identify the different stage of sleep, including sleep arousals, abnormal breathing patterns nocturnal movements, snoring and epileptiform brain wave patterns (brain waves associated with epilepsy)
If you live in a rural area, you may not be able to find a sleep specialist nearby because sleep medicine is a relatively new specialty that just now is beginning to catch on outside of large urban and teaching hospital settings.
If you have health insurance, visits to your PCP are usually covered, but check with your carrier before you schedule an appointment with a specialist to make sure you will be reimbursed.
Most health insurance policies cover 1 sleep test per year but may not cover all specialist visits unless you get an okay from your insurance company before the visit.
Alvaro Castillo has been writing health articles for five years. One of his specializations has been on parenting and pregnancy. If you would like to get the best out of parenting, then visit his website at http://www.myhomeparent.com or visit his blog at http://myhomeparent.blogspot.com to share your opinion.
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