Disorders & Treatments
Although sleep is a complex process that is not fully understood, it is known that a good night's sleep is important for optimal health, growth, and functioning. Dr. Jeannine Gingras is a caring highly regarded sleep medicine expert and researcher. She provides complete evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of infant, child, adolescent, adult, and older adult sleep disorders, as well as those particular to women. Call (704) 944-0562 or request an appointment online at one of the three Gingras Sleep Medicine centers in Concord or Charlotte, North Carolina.
About Adult Sleep
In a way, your body goes on auto-pilot while you sleep, performing many complex processes necessary for life. The average adult needs about eight hours of sleep each night. A good night's sleep is important for optimal health and daytime functioning. Learn more about how sleep works in our Patient Education Library.
Symptoms of Adult Sleep Disorders Include:
- Daytime tiredness
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Difficulty staying asleep
- Falling asleep at inappropriate times or places
- Morning headache
- Poor attention span & difficulty staying on task
- Snoring
- Stop breathing for periods during sleep or waking suddenly with a "gasp"
Dr. Gingras is a recognized authority in the field of sleep medicine. Some of the adult sleep disorders that she evaluates, diagnoses, and treats include:
Sleep Treatments
After detailed evaluation, Dr. Gingras discusses sleep treatment options thoroughly with adult patients. There are many types of sleep treatments, and the type of treatment that you receive depends on many factors such as age, type of sleep disorder, and overall general health.
Some of the sleep treatment options recommended by Dr. Gingras for adult disorders include:
- Adenoidectomy
- Avoiding alcohol, tobacco, sedatives, or sleeping pills
- Behavioral intervention
- Cognitive therapy
- CPAP - continuous airway pressure
- Dental devices to position the lower jaw and tongue
- Improved sleep hygiene
- Medication
- Parental education & support
- Sleep position devices
- Tonsillectomy
- Weight loss for obesity
About Pediatric Sleep
Sleep disorders can impact your child's life in many ways. Sleep deprived children can have fragmented or poor sleep that can result in daytime mood and behavior problems, inattention, inability to stay on task, poor school performance, hyperactivity, mood swings, aggression, and more.
Signs of a Potential Childhood Sleep Disorder Include:
- Snoring
- Breathing that pauses during sleep
- Waking up with a headache
- Awakening feeling grouchy, unrefreshed, or ill
- Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
- Daytime mood or behavioral difficulties
- Restless sleep
- Complaints of leg or arm pains
- "Growing Pains"
- Difficulty getting up in the morning
- Falling asleep at inappropriate places or times
- Poor Growth
About Infant Sleep Disorders
Sleep apnea in preterm and term infants causes infants to stop breathing for periods of time. Sleep in infants usually is usually central in nature, the brain is immature and babies experience breathing pauses during sleep. Central apnea is common in extremely preterm infants. However, many preterm babies do not resolve the apnea or apnea is associated with lowering of blood oxygen or blood pressure and is called Apnea of Prematurity.
Another infant sleep disorder is Apparent Life Threatening Events (ALTE). Many of these babies are discharged from the hospital on a Home Apnea Monitor (HAM). The home apnea monitors record and store significant apnea events or low heart rate events in a memory module. The module has the capacity to be downloaded and the events reviewed. Dr. Gingras is an expert in the evaluation and follow-up of infants with apparent life threatening events.
Potential candidates for Home Apnea Monitoring are:
- Former premature infants with unresolved apnea of prematurity
- Infants who are exhibiting apnea, bradycardia (low heart rate) or "blue spells"
- Infants admitted to the Pediatric ICU or Pediatric Floor of a hospital due to an Apparent Life Threatening Event
- Infants at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Infants who may have apnea secondary to suspected gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
Dr. Gingras evaluates and treats the full spectrum of infant and pediatric sleep disorders including:
Sleep Treatments
After detailed evaluation, Dr. Gingras discusses sleep treatment options thoroughly with parents and their children. There are many types of sleep treatments, and the type of treatment that your baby, child, or teenager receives depends on many factors such as age, type of sleep disorder, and overall general health.
Some of the sleep treatment options recommended by Dr. Gingras for infant and pediatric sleep disorders include:
- Adenoidectomy
- Behavioral intervention
- Cognitive therapy
- CPAP - continuous airway pressure
- Home Apnea Monitoring (HAM)
- Improved sleep hygiene
- Medication including possible iron supplementation
- Parental education & support
- Recommendations for continuing or discontinuing HAM
- Tonsillectomy
- Weight loss for obesity
Call (704) 944-0562 or request an appointment online with our sleep medicine physician for a sleep consultation or sleep study in Concord or Charlotte, North Carolina at Gingras Sleep Medicine.
Disorders & Treatments
Although sleep is a complex process that is not fully understood, it is known that a good night's sleep is important for optimal health, growth, and functioning. Dr. Jeannine Gingras is a caring highly regarded sleep medicine expert and researcher. She provides complete evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of infant, child, adolescent, adult, and older adult sleep disorders, as well as those particular to women. Call (704) 944-0562 or request an appointment online at one of the three Gingras Sleep Medicine centers in Concord or Charlotte, North Carolina.
About Adult Sleep
In a way, your body goes on auto-pilot while you sleep, performing many complex processes necessary for life. The average adult needs about eight hours of sleep each night. A good night's sleep is important for optimal health and daytime functioning. Learn more about how sleep works in our Patient Education Library.
Symptoms of Adult Sleep Disorders Include:
- Daytime tiredness
- Difficulty falling asleep
- Difficulty staying asleep
- Falling asleep at inappropriate times or places
- Morning headache
- Poor attention span & difficulty staying on task
- Snoring
- Stop breathing for periods during sleep or waking suddenly with a "gasp"
Dr. Gingras is a recognized authority in the field of sleep medicine. Some of the adult sleep disorders that she evaluates, diagnoses, and treats include:
Sleep Treatments
After detailed evaluation, Dr. Gingras discusses sleep treatment options thoroughly with adult patients. There are many types of sleep treatments, and the type of treatment that you receive depends on many factors such as age, type of sleep disorder, and overall general health.
Some of the sleep treatment options recommended by Dr. Gingras for adult disorders include:
- Adenoidectomy
- Avoiding alcohol, tobacco, sedatives, or sleeping pills
- Behavioral intervention
- Cognitive therapy
- CPAP - continuous airway pressure
- Dental devices to position the lower jaw and tongue
- Improved sleep hygiene
- Medication
- Parental education & support
- Sleep position devices
- Tonsillectomy
- Weight loss for obesity
About Pediatric Sleep
Sleep disorders can impact your child's life in many ways. Sleep deprived children can have fragmented or poor sleep that can result in daytime mood and behavior problems, inattention, inability to stay on task, poor school performance, hyperactivity, mood swings, aggression, and more.
Signs of a Potential Childhood Sleep Disorder Include:
- Snoring
- Breathing that pauses during sleep
- Waking up with a headache
- Awakening feeling grouchy, unrefreshed, or ill
- Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
- Daytime mood or behavioral difficulties
- Restless sleep
- Complaints of leg or arm pains
- "Growing Pains"
- Difficulty getting up in the morning
- Falling asleep at inappropriate places or times
- Poor Growth
About Infant Sleep Disorders
Sleep apnea in preterm and term infants causes infants to stop breathing for periods of time. Sleep in infants usually is usually central in nature, the brain is immature and babies experience breathing pauses during sleep. Central apnea is common in extremely preterm infants. However, many preterm babies do not resolve the apnea or apnea is associated with lowering of blood oxygen or blood pressure and is called Apnea of Prematurity.
Another infant sleep disorder is Apparent Life Threatening Events (ALTE). Many of these babies are discharged from the hospital on a Home Apnea Monitor (HAM). The home apnea monitors record and store significant apnea events or low heart rate events in a memory module. The module has the capacity to be downloaded and the events reviewed. Dr. Gingras is an expert in the evaluation and follow-up of infants with apparent life threatening events.
Potential candidates for Home Apnea Monitoring are:
- Former premature infants with unresolved apnea of prematurity
- Infants who are exhibiting apnea, bradycardia (low heart rate) or "blue spells"
- Infants admitted to the Pediatric ICU or Pediatric Floor of a hospital due to an Apparent Life Threatening Event
- Infants at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Infants who may have apnea secondary to suspected gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
Dr. Gingras evaluates and treats the full spectrum of infant and pediatric sleep disorders including:
Sleep Treatments
After detailed evaluation, Dr. Gingras discusses sleep treatment options thoroughly with parents and their children. There are many types of sleep treatments, and the type of treatment that your baby, child, or teenager receives depends on many factors such as age, type of sleep disorder, and overall general health.
Some of the sleep treatment options recommended by Dr. Gingras for infant and pediatric sleep disorders include:
- Adenoidectomy
- Behavioral intervention
- Cognitive therapy
- CPAP - continuous airway pressure
- Home Apnea Monitoring (HAM)
- Improved sleep hygiene
- Medication including possible iron supplementation
- Parental education & support
- Recommendations for continuing or discontinuing HAM
- Tonsillectomy
- Weight loss for obesity
Call (704) 944-0562 or request an appointment online with our sleep medicine physician for a sleep consultation or sleep study in Concord or Charlotte, North Carolina at Gingras Sleep Medicine.