How Many People Are Affected By Narcolepsy
Living With Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is characterized by recurrent attacks of sleepiness during the day. It is a debilitating and disabling disorder. Routine tasks are done automatically and often the sufferer may not remember doing them.
Another symptom, cataplexy, is the sudden loss of muscular control when angry, laughing, or in any state of high emotion. The person may even fall to floor and be unable to move or speak for a short time.
Some people are plagued by nightmares and hallucinations. They are terrifie...
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Narcolepsy: Causes
...factors called cytokines, which cause inflammation and injury in the susceptible cells and tissues affected by the disease. Most autoimmune diseases also tend to afflict those with particular... Read more »Narcolepsy: Risk Factors
Narcolepsy affects around 1 in 2,000 people. Experts estimate that around 135,000 200,000 Americans have narcolepsy, but the number may be higher. Only about 25% of people who have... Read more »Narcolepsy: Introduction
The word narcolepsy comes from two Greek words roughly translated as "seized by numbness". The two primary symptoms in narcolepsy reflect this phrase:Excessive daytime sleepiness, with... Read more »Napping Benefits
...alertness a few hours later in the day.* Scheduled napping has also been prescribed for those who are affected by narcolepsy.* Napping has psychological benefits. A nap can be a pleasant luxury, a... Read more »Narcolepsy: Treatment
Lifestyle treatment of narcolepsy includes taking three or more scheduled sleep-times throughout the day. One study suggested that the best approach is a combination of scheduled nighttime... Read more »
Medications
...Uses Modafinil decreases extreme sleepiness due to narcolepsy and other sleep disorders such as... Read more »
...blood pressure sleep disorder (e.g., sleep apnea, narcolepsy) This medication may... Read more »
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Study links narcolepsy and eating disorders
October 03, 2008A small study has found that people with narcolepsy also often report a persistent craving for food and binge eating. Among the 60 patients with the... Read summary »
Study links narcolepsy and white blood cells
October 03, 2008In a small study, researchers have found that white blood cells of narcoleptics often have a different genetic structure than white blood cells in... Read summary »
Researchers find link between Parkinson's and narcolepsy
October 03, 2008Scientists say that people with Parkinson's disease and people with narcolepsy have severe damage to the same neurons. A doctor involved in the study... Read summary »
Narcoleptics have abnormal REM sleep patterns
October 03, 2008A recent study has found that people with narcolepsy do not experience a short phase of muscle paralysis that is part of a normal sleep pattern.... Read summary »
Study: Modafinil safely treats excessive sleepiness
October 03, 2008The sleep medication modafinil helped patients with excessive sleepiness without cardiovascular side effects, according to new research. In a study... Read summary »
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