SLEEPING BEAUTY SYNDROME

Couldn't help but write about this... Remember the story of the ‘sleeping beauty’; well it exists in our time except that 1. It’s not a curse from a wicked witch 2. There is no prince charming to wake you up. It’s called the KLEINE- LEVINE Syndrome or sleeping beauty syndrome and it is neurological disorder characterized by excessive SLEEP.  

Some days back, I read about a 15 year old British school girl, Stacey Comerford, who woke up from a 2- month sleep only to find she had missed nine GCSE exams.

 “When she’s in an episode, she might get up to go to the toilet or get a drink but she’s not awake. I call it sleep mode,” her mother Bernie Richards explained to a British newspaper, adding that Stacey has lost nearly 28lbs because of the condition. “I’ve missed nine exams and my birthday in November,” Stacey said.

Stacey started experiencing symptoms about a year ago, but the condition is so rare that she was only diagnosed in March, according to The Mirror.

There is no known cure for Kleine-Levin Syndrome, but some experts believe individuals grow out of it.

Sleeping Beauty Syndrome: Video

Affected individuals are completely normal between these episodes but may sleep up to 20 hours a day for extended periods of time. It’s estimated that just 1,000 people worldwide have the condition.

The cause of Kleine-Levin syndrome is not known. Thus, family support and education are the best management currently available.

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