Narcolepsy Narcolepsy is a rare‚ debilitating sleep disorder‚ in which a person falls asleep uncontrollably. According to Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 6th Edition‚ it occurs in both males and females with an estimated 125‚000-250‚000 Americans suffering with this disorder. Although the cause of this disorder is unknown‚ scientist believe the hypocretin‚ a substance found in the neurons of the brain‚ are few or missing from the people diagnosed with Narcolepsy (American Medical Association Complete
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A type of sleep disorder called narcolepsy‚ is a disorder with no cause‚ that causes a person to lose control over their sleep patterns. Simply put‚ he or she may fall asleep randomly throughout the day with no control over the situation. Those affected by narcolepsy may also go through times which they may lose muscle tone or experience muscle weakness‚ which also having sudden emotional responses can occur. Sleep paralysis is also a common side effect when the affected person falls asleep or wakes
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Narcolepsy is a sleeping disorder distinguished by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sleep attacks. The disorder makes it difficult for you to stay awake for long periods of time‚ in spite of any situation. As many as 200‚000 Americans have the disease‚ but only about 50‚000 are diagnosed‚ according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke. According to the (NIHDS) narcolepsy causes its victims to experience serious problems in their professional and personal lives. People
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Are You Awake? Living with Narcolepsy People think I ’m lazy and sometimes rude. Or just don ’t care. I can see how they would get that impression from just looking at me. But people shouldn ’t be judged only on first appearances. I wish it was that easy to explain‚ but it ’s not. I have a sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. It ’s challenging to live with and has no cure at this time (Dement and Vaughan 205). Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder caused by the
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As a nurse‚ if I were explaining to a patient with narcolepsy what happens inside of their body‚ I would begin with the basics. I would explain that there are two parts of your brain that are constantly at battle with each other‚ trying to shut each other down‚ a concept known as mutual inhibition. These two parts are known as the arousal areas‚ responsible for keeping you awake‚ and the vlPOA‚ which is responsible for making you fall asleep and keeping you asleep. The arousal areas are powered
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healthy lifestyle. When you have a sleeping disorder this can be hard to achieve when it is impossible to get 8 hours of sleep‚ which is the average sleep an adult needs to receive. The three main sleeping disorders are Insomnia‚ sleep apnea‚ and narcolepsy. Insomnia. Insomnia has a very broad spectrum of a definition ranging from lack of sleep quality to the lack of sleep quantity. There are three different types of insomnia talking about the time frames. Transient‚ lasting only a couple of days
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Introduction Armodafinil is basically a (-)-(R)- enantiomer of the racemic drug Modafinil. Cephalon Inc. is the pharmaceutical company that produced this drug. The Food and Drug Administration of United States approved this drug in June 2007. Armodafinil is more effective than Modafinil because despite having similar half lives‚ Armodafinil touches the peak blood concentration later after administration than that of Modafinil. It improves wakefulness better in people who complain of excessive somnolence
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to 30 times an hour. During the episodes‚ the sleeper suffer$ from a brief lack of oxygen. He wakes up to breathe again and this disrupts his sleep. • Narcolepsy‚ though not chronic‚ causes extreme sleepiness and may even make a person fall asleep suddenly and without warning. Specific causes of narcolepsy are not known but people with narcolepsy lack hypocretin‚ a brain chemical which regulates sleep and wakefulness. SYMPTOMS • Lack
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occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode‚ which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. This condition may occur in normal subjects or be associated with narcolepsy‚ cataplexy‚ and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occur during REM sleep.[1] When considered to be a disease‚ isolated sleep paralysis is classified as MeSH D020188.[2]
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Although‚ it may occur more often in ones 20s or 30’s and can sometimes occur long after that. It is important to note that sleep paralysis may sometimes be tied into other conditions such as narcolepsy or bipolar disorder. There are a lot of factors that can trigger sleep paralysis including stress‚ lack of sleep‚ genetics and even sleep related leg cramps can cause the paralysis from abruptly awakening your brain. These are factors that no one
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