Question

David is a sixty-year-old man. He suffers from joint pains and often falls sick. As a result, he finds it difficult to sleep. He, however, tries hard to go to sleep, which creates autonomic activity and muscle tension. In this scenario, David is most likely suffering from__________.

Answer 1

The question is incomplete as it does not have the options which are:

a.narcolepsy

b.sleep apnea

c. insomnia

d.sleep terrors

Answer:

c. insomnia

Explanation:

Insomnia refers to a sleeping disorder which is characterised by sleep lackness. The disorder happens when the person does not take enough sleep of 7-8 hours.

The person feels low energy which reduces the health of the person as well as the performance.

In this question, since the person when tries to sleep find it's very difficult to sleep as a result of which the body shows the symptoms of insomnia like muscle tension and the autonomic activities.

Thus, Option-C is the correct answer.