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Article: Web offers help for narcolepsy sufferers
- Article from:
- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2001
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Narcolepsy, also known as sleeping sickness, is a chronic sleep disorder with no known cause. Its primary characteristic is the excessive, uncontrollable urge to sleep during the day, despite adequate nighttime sleep. In severe cases, a person with narcolepsy becomes drowsy or falls asleep at inappropriate times and places, and these attacks may be repeated at numerous junctures throughout the day.
While the etiology of narcolepsy remains unknown, research has indicated that the disorder may be genetic. Environmental factors such as immunological, biochemical, physiological and neuromuscular disturbances have also been ...
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... ... Kate Walsh is working with the Narcolepsy Network on the national campaign to increase understanding of narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a serious 24 ... doctor. (See video from the Narcolepsy Network at: http://media.medialink ...
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