Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) or Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy robs you of your energy. A study released at the annual conference for narcolepsy stated that a person without narcolepsy would have to stay awake for 32 hours straight to experience the same sensation of that of a person with narcolepsy who was awake for just 1 hour.
No, narcolepsy is a dyssomnia. It involves the timing, quantity, or quality of sleep.
Narcolepsy - song - was created on 1997-04-08.
40% of patients with narcolepsy have or have had another mental disorder. 18% of patients with narcolepsy are 10 years old or younger. It is estimated that 0.02-0.16% of the general population suffer from narcolepsy. Men and women are equally affected.
Yes.
Because he had narcolepsy, Joe seemed to fall asleep at inopportune times.
In about 8-12% of cases, people diagnosed with narcolepsy know of other family members with similar symptoms. Most people with the condition have no family members with narcolepsy.
A genetic blood test can reveal the existence of certain substances in people who have a tendency to develop narcolepsy. Positive test results suggest narcolepsy.
Narcolepsy is the disorder where you fall asleep anywhere at anytime.
A lack of the protein hypocretin in the hippocampus and lower thalamus is thought to be the location of the main cause of narcolepsy.
No