Sleep problems among children are common, sometimes avoidable

Published: Oct. 15, 2015, 11:01 a.m.

b'Zafer Soultan, MD Zafer Soultan, MD Up to half of children have poor sleeping habits and behaviors, with about 10 percent having an actual disorder, says Up to half of children have poor sleeping habits and behaviors, with about 10 percent having an actual disorder, says Zafer Soultan, MD, Zafer Soultan, MD, director of pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine at director of pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine at Upstate‘s Golisano Children‘s Hospital. Upstate‘s Golisano Children‘s Hospital. Sometimes these issues stem from physical problems, but often they involve youngsters who never learn to sleep alone, says Soultan, who also describes how disorders such as apnea can be diagnosed in Upstate\\u2018s pediatric sleep lab and how teens can display sleep problems as their body\\u2018s rhythms clash with school schedules. Sometimes these issues stem from physical problems, but often they involve youngsters who never learn to sleep alone, says Soultan, who also describes how disorders such as apnea can be diagnosed in Upstate\\u2018s pediatric sleep lab and how teens can display sleep problems as their body\\u2018s rhythms clash with school schedules.'