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| Narcolepsy is a condition in which the person suffering from it cannot take emotions very well. They cannot have sudden strong feelings and have no control over them. |
There are several symptoms of narcolepsy and some are mild and some are strong. Narcolepsy has not been described as an illness related to the mind or the body. It is just a condition and the causes for it are still unknown.
One of the most common warning signs of narcolepsy is excessive drowsiness during the day, which the person cannot control and leads to him falling asleep at inappropriate timings. In fact, this is one of the most common symptoms and the earliest one to be identified. Even after sleeping through the night these people feel sleepy during the day. It is not normal for a human being to sleep so much. More...
Narcolepsy is a condition where people fall asleep involuntarily in the day time and wake up frequently without any reason in the night. This leads them to be extremely tired during the day and they go to sleep at any time to overcome this fatigue. They also lose complete control of muscles when they fall asleep. This condition is also called cataplexy.More...
Narcolepsy And Pathophysiology
One in 2000 people suffers from narcolepsy, which is classified as a sleep disorder. A person suffering from narcolepsy demonstrates excessive day time drowsiness, cataplexy and rapid eye movement sleep. People are treated for the excessive day time sleeping by way of amphetamine stimulants and the cataplexy is treated with anti-depressants. Some short-term sedatives are used to help narcolepsy patients sleep through the night.More...
Narcolepsy is not a common disorder and that is why many people do not know what it is. Narcolepsy is a type of sleep disorder. When a person suffers from narcolepsy, he tends to get extremely tired and promptly falls off to sleep at inappropriate times. This sleeping pattern can occur at work or school. Basically this order is characterized by excessive day time sleeping.More...