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It is a benign disorder that occurs in the first of the six nocturnal passages from a deep sleep to a more superficial one: the motor functions awaken, but the conscience continues to sleep. In general, the person starts to move in their sleep, suddenly sits up in bed, gets up and walks away, still asleep. That is, the sleepwalker moves, but does not know what is happening. Provoked by a cerebral arrhythmia, usually hereditary, sleepwalking occurs in about 20% of children aged 3 to 10 years, about once a year, and then tends to disappear without a trace. Contrary to popular belief, it is not dangerous to wake up a sleepwalker. “This is nothing more than a myth”, says neurologist Rubens Reimão, from the Sleep Disorders Center at Albert Einstein Hospital, in São Paulo.
Sleepwalking happens when the person is in the deepest phase of their sleep. That’s why, when she wakes up, she’s a little confused, not knowing exactly what’s going on, but she’s not in any danger. The best procedure is to send her back to bed. She’ll continue to sleep, and the next day she probably won’t even remember what happened.