Narcoleptic disease

Narcoleptic disease

Narcoleptic disease is an uncontrollable desire to sleep. This disease belongs to the field of neurology and is a genetic pathology that is diagnosed in people with an excessive tendency to lose consciousness and fall asleep or “forget” the world around them while awake. The most common symptom of narcolepsy is suddenly feeling sleepy and then suddenly forgetting what happened while you lost consciousness. According to modern estimates, this disease in one form or another occurs in two percent of the population, of which over a thousand people suffer from it in a severe form.

Unlike most forms of slow-wave sleep, which are characterized by prolonged slow eye movement, the slow phases of drug-induced waking hallucinations are characterized by rapid eye movement (RAPD), as in true cerebral palsy. Fluctuations in the amplitude of EEG waves are a characteristic feature of these stages of sleep (during them the level of NREM is much lower than during REM sleep), and rhythmic movements of the limbs give them a sleep-like appearance. Patients often indicate that they are conscious but cannot communicate what they are thinking or doing. Symptoms of narcolepsy in children usually begin after the age of five, when they become aware of falling asleep or sleeping without reason during daily activities. In addition, they often fall asleep during their sleep, likely related to other manifestations of narcolepsy. The duration of sudden sleep phases can vary from brief episodes (1-5 seconds), such as "narcolepsy in motion", to episodes of midday sleep.