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Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:00 pm


Narcolepsy Treatment



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 sleep each night, proper sleep hygiene practices, and drug therapy. Proper sleep hygiene, including a consistent sleep schedule and the avoidance of shift work and alcohol, is especially important for people who have narcolepsy.



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Re: Treatment

Post a new topicby suhas on Mon May 26, 2008 9:03 am

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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