Narcolepsy Test And Treatment
1117 Brighton Beach Ave 2nd Floor Suite 2B
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that
features excessive daytime sleepiness.In a tycpial sleep cycle, a person will
first enter the early stage of sleep, then the deeper sleep stages. This is
when REM sleep occurs. It takes around 60-90 minutes to reach the stage of REM
sleep.
For people with narcolepsy, however, REM
sleep occurs
There are two main types of narcolepsy:
type 1 and type 2.
within 15 minutes in the sleep cycle
and intermittently during the waking hours. It is during REM sleep that vivid
dreams and muscle paralysis occur.Type 1 involves sleepiness and cataplexy.
Tests will show that the person is almost entirely missing a neurotransmitter
known as hypocretin. This may occur after an infection triggers an autoimmune
condition.
Type 2 mainly involves excessive
daytime sleepiness, but there is usually no sudden weakness.
Secondary narcolepsy can result when
trauma or a tumor results in damage to the hypothalamus. This is a part of the
brain involved in sleep.
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