Symptoms of narcolepsy in children

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Narcolepsy is also called paroxysmal sleep. It was first discovered, described and named by gaelin in 1880. It's an unexplained sleep disorder. The incidence rate is relatively low. About 10% of the patients have similar family history. Let's join you to find out about the symptoms of narcolepsy in children.

Symptoms of narcolepsy in children

First: about 70% of the patients with cataplexy may have cataplexy after a few years of onset, and the incidence of traffic accidents is 16 times higher than that of ordinary people, especially when the driver is driving. So people with narcolepsy should pay attention to it. Long term suffering from this disease can get serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and even depression suicide is not a few.

Second: about 50% of the patients with sleep paralysis can't move after they start to fall asleep or wake up. Unable to speak, but conscious, often accompanied by anxiety, impatience, trying to shout and activities of the whole body, but often "the heart is more than enough, but the strength is insufficient", at this time, if someone touches the patient's body, sleep paralysis will disappear immediately, it can be described as "getting rid of the disease by hand".

Third: 25% of the patients with hallucinations before falling asleep often see things that do not exist or hear voices that do not exist at the beginning of falling asleep. The content is vivid and vivid, and most of them are daily experiences. A few people can see fierce birds and beasts, so they have a sense of fear.

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Sleep paralysis is also a common symptom of narcolepsy. It often occurs after waking up or falling asleep. Although the patient is conscious, he is weak, unable to move and speak. It usually takes several seconds to several minutes to return to normal. Normal people occasionally have sleep paralysis in their life, but narcolepsy patients have more frequent and more serious sleep paralysis.