Narcolepsy

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There is no cure for narcolepsy, so excessive daytime sleepiness, sudden sleep onset, and cataplexy are treated symptomatically. Therapies for narcolepsy involve the practice of getting sufficient nocturnal sleep, proper sleep hygiene practice, and drug therapy. Proper sleep hygiene, which includes a consistent sleep schedule and the avoidance of shift work and alcohol, is especially important.


Patients with narcolepsy often feel refreshed after a short nap; therefore, ta...Read the full article

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Narcolepsy is a neurological condition most characterized by Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS). A narcoleptic will most likely experience disturbed nocturnal sleep, which is often confused with insomnia, and disorder of REM or rapid eye movement sleep. It is one of the dyssomnias. A narcoleptic may also fall asleep at any random time.

The term narcolepsy derives from the French word narcolepsie created in 1880 by the French physician Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Gélineau (1859-1928) by combining the Greek narke numbness, stupor and lepsis attack, seizure.
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