Sleep center in Richmond
Let us help you get a better night's rest.
At Parham Doctors’ Hospital, we know a sleep disorder affects your everyday life and also your long-term health. So, whether you're dealing with insomnia, narcolepsy or sleep apnea, we create a personalized treatment plan just for you.
Sleep disorders we treat
We treat many sleep disorders and symptoms of sleep disorders, including:
- Anxiety or depression
- Daytime irritability
- Daytime sleepiness
- Falling asleep while driving
- Fatigue
- Getting up in the night to go to the bathroom
- High blood pressure
- Impaired memory
- Inability to concentrate
- Inability to fall asleep
- Insomnia
- Lethargy
- Limited attention
- Loud and/or irregular snoring
- Loss of energy
- Narcolepsy
- Morning headaches
- Obesity or weight gain
- Parasomnia
- Restless leg syndrome (RLS)
- Sleep apnea
- Sexual dysfunction
Our sleep disorder treatments and services
Our sleep medicine specialists are skilled at diagnosing and treating restlessness and fatigue that can disturb sleep and daytime function. If you have been experiencing chronic problems falling asleep, staying asleep at night or staying awake during the day, talk to your primary care provider about ordering a sleep study.
What to expect at a sleep study?
A sleep study is an overnight evaluation used to diagnose sleep disorders. Both home sleep studies and in lab sleep studies can be used for sleep evaluation. Sleep apnea can be a risk factor for multiple medical disorders including cardiovascular diseases and cerebro-vascular disease.
What is monitored during a sleep study?
Our sleep specialists begin your treatment with a sleep study. During your study, we continuously monitor your:
- Brain activity
- Breathing depth and pattern
- Eye and muscle movements
- Heart rate
- Red blood cell oxygen levels
- Sleep stages
Treatments for sleep disorders
Sleep disorders can involve a range of medical specialties, including neurology, psychiatry and respiratory care. Our sleep specialists use a multidisciplinary approach to provide customized treatment for each patient, which can include:
- Medications, such as over-the-counter sleeping aids, prescription drugs and hormone therapy
- Lifestyle changes, such as counseling, nutrition and exercise programs to restore your natural sleep cycles
- Continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP), a mask and pressurized air to treat sleep problems caused by airway restrictions
- Surgery, procedures such as nasal passage surgeries and tonsillectomies to help open the airway
Referrals to our sleep doctors
If you think you may have a sleep disorder, please talk to your primary care doctor about a referral to one of our sleep centers.
If you don't have a personal physician, speak with a team member at (833) 521-3627 or use our online directory.
For more information or to schedule a sleep study, call (804) 288-2742.
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