A female student has missed nine exams and the day of his birthday because of a rare syndrome - every girl's sleep last several weeks.
Stacey Comerford, 15, from Shropshire (England), with Kleine-Levin syndrome or syndrome is also known as "Sleeping Beauty" is rare, with about 1,000 people infected worldwide. Kleine-Levin syndrome can cause Stacey falls asleep suddenly and lasts for several weeks.
Sleep duration of Stacey record lasted 2 months. This makes her only 30% participated in the exams of their study time. Stacey also ignored his birthday with sleep.
"No warning signs my daughter to fall asleep. She can suddenly falls asleep on the kitchen. While sleeping my daughter can still get up to the toilet, drinking water and food, but she could not wake up completely. After a long sleep, Stacey can not remember what happened. "Said Bernie Richards, Stacey's mother, said.
Kleine-Levin syndrome can cause Stacey falls asleep suddenly and lasts for several weeks.
Stacey began to have symptoms Kleine-Levin about 1 year ago, when she was constantly tired and sleepy, but her illness was only the doctors determined last March on this disease very rare.
"Stacey feel tired all day and she can not concentrate while in school. One time, my daughter came home and slept during the second weekend and on Monday when I could not wake him up for school, "said Bernie said.
Then she gave her daughter Bernie examination at the Royal Hospital in Telford. Initially, doctors can diagnose a brain tumor Stacey. So she was taken to test brain scan and other diseases such as narcolepsy and epilepsy.
However, doctors still can not detect Stacey's disease after analyzing brain scan results, until a specialist in neurology at Children's Hospital in Birmingham she was discovered Kleine Levin syndrome.
Currently, doctors do not yet know the cause as yet to find a cure Kleine Levin syndrome. However, this syndrome can be controlled by the combined use of stimulant drugs to keep awake and sleeping pills to help with better sleep quality.
Stacey Comerford, 15, from Shropshire (England), with Kleine-Levin syndrome or syndrome is also known as "Sleeping Beauty" is rare, with about 1,000 people infected worldwide. Kleine-Levin syndrome can cause Stacey falls asleep suddenly and lasts for several weeks.
Sleep duration of Stacey record lasted 2 months. This makes her only 30% participated in the exams of their study time. Stacey also ignored his birthday with sleep.
"No warning signs my daughter to fall asleep. She can suddenly falls asleep on the kitchen. While sleeping my daughter can still get up to the toilet, drinking water and food, but she could not wake up completely. After a long sleep, Stacey can not remember what happened. "Said Bernie Richards, Stacey's mother, said.
Kleine-Levin syndrome can cause Stacey falls asleep suddenly and lasts for several weeks.
Stacey began to have symptoms Kleine-Levin about 1 year ago, when she was constantly tired and sleepy, but her illness was only the doctors determined last March on this disease very rare.
"Stacey feel tired all day and she can not concentrate while in school. One time, my daughter came home and slept during the second weekend and on Monday when I could not wake him up for school, "said Bernie said.
Then she gave her daughter Bernie examination at the Royal Hospital in Telford. Initially, doctors can diagnose a brain tumor Stacey. So she was taken to test brain scan and other diseases such as narcolepsy and epilepsy.
However, doctors still can not detect Stacey's disease after analyzing brain scan results, until a specialist in neurology at Children's Hospital in Birmingham she was discovered Kleine Levin syndrome.
Currently, doctors do not yet know the cause as yet to find a cure Kleine Levin syndrome. However, this syndrome can be controlled by the combined use of stimulant drugs to keep awake and sleeping pills to help with better sleep quality.
