Alzheimer's Disease Information and news about Alzheimer's disease. Dementia-Related Sleep Problems Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia are characterized by frequent sleep disturbance. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to the majority of my readers when I say that health problems escalate as we grow older. Not only do the problems we already have become worse, new problems develop. Diseases like diabetes and arthritis either appear or become harder to deal with.
Broken bones take longer to heal.
Minor ailments like colds and the flu take forever, it seems, to go away. Many of these health complaints can disturb your sleep. Diabetes is a notorious disrupter of sleep. The aches and pains of arthritis and other bone and muscle discomfort, including injuries, can keep you awake, because no matter how you lie, darn it, it still hurts. If you suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, these added aches and pains bring more suffering and sleep deprivation.