sleep paralysis

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MedicalCondition sleep_disorder Q486851
sleep paralysis
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sleep paralysis

Summary

sleep paralysis is a sleep disorder[1]. It draws 45,874 Wikipedia views per month (sleep_disorder category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • sleep paralysis's instance of is recorded as sleep disorder[3].
  • sleep paralysis's instance of is recorded as parasomnia[4].
  • sleep paralysis is a type of REM sleep parasomnia[5].
  • sleep paralysis's said to be the same as is recorded as Ephialtes[6].
  • sleep paralysis's possible treatment is recorded as antidepressant[7].
  • sleep paralysis's possible treatment is recorded as sleep hygiene[8].
  • sleep paralysis's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[9].
  • sleep paralysis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C118171[10].
  • sleep paralysis's health specialty is recorded as sleep medicine[11].
  • sleep paralysis's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+55548'}[12].

Why It Matters

sleep paralysis draws 45,874 Wikipedia views per month (sleep_disorder category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Zainab abo alneaj · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 66
    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ckb', 'cs', '
    Archive of our own tag → Sleep Paralysis
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q113466993]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Ephialtes
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → sleep disorder, parasomnia
    Possible treatment → antidepressant, sleep hygiene
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38163, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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