What Is Exploding Head Syndrome?
Exploding head syndrome is an unusual and fairly rare condition that is often described as a parasomnia. A parasomnia is any occurrence which disrupts sleep, and can include things like sleep walking, myoclonic jerks, or night terrors. Though some cases of exploding head syndrome have been described when a person is awake, most often this unusual circumstance occurs just as people are drifting off to sleep. What then follows is a loud bang, crash, ring or explosion noise, which seems to occur in the head, and which usually results in total wakefulness, potentially upset, and some panic. Most people who have exploding head syndrome are not experiencing pain when they hear the loud noise. Some have described seeing flashes of light with the explosion, and as mentioned, a few have experienced these symptoms during the day. Even though this parasomnia is relatively rare the medical community does have some information regarding it.
