Sleepwalking, or sleep walking, is a common sleep disorder. The etiology of sleepwalking is so far unclear, with a genetic predisposition, and is generally considered to be the result of the interaction between environmental and genetic factors. In addition, excessive stress, excessive alcohol consumption, excessive fatigue, drugs and diseases are also triggering factors. 1, genetic: when one parent has a history of sleepwalking, the risk of children’s onset increases; when both parents have a positive history, the risk of children’s onset increases significantly; 2, excessive stress: emotional tension, excessive psychological burden is one of the main reasons for triggering or aggravating sleepwalking in adults, and the greater the stress, the more frequent the attacks; 3, excessive alcohol consumption: excessive alcohol consumption can cause alcoholism, which can easily induce sleepwalking; 4, excessive Exertion: sleepwalking often occurs in the deep sleep period, so the factors that cause deep sleep can induce sleepwalking, such as overexertion, severe sleep deprivation, etc. In addition, sleepwalking in children may be related to the brain is not fully developed; 5, drug factors: some drugs such as zolpidem can induce sleepwalking; 6, disease factors: such as hyperthyroidism, encephalitis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, epilepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, etc., also have a certain relationship with the onset of sleepwalking.