Kleine-Levin Syndrome-Excessive Sleeping Disorder
Heard of “Sleeping Beauty Syndrome“? We all have heard about many sleep disorders. Many times we feel so exhausted that we only prefer to sleep all day and night. This may happen because of our daily routine and diet. But ever felt of sleeping above 18-22 hours and felt dead? If you feel dull, dragged, semi-conscious state of mind and a desperate feel to sleep due to sleep deprivation, you are likely to suffer from Sleeping Beauty Disorder.
About Kleine-Levin Syndrome
KLS is a rare and complex neurological disorder where you get repetitive and excessive amounts of sleep, behavioral or cognitive disorders, compulsive eating, less understanding of the world and hyper-sexuality. This occur mainly in adolescence but can also occur in children and adults too.
Each time the patient goes to sleep he or she may sleep upto several hours. You reach a stage where you are not aware about the happenings around. This long sleep is termed as Episode. During the start of an episode, patient becomes progressively drowsy and sleep for days and night(HYPER-SOMNOLENCE), sometimes only getting up to eat or go to bathroom. Each episode may last for weeks or even months.
Origin Of Kleine-levin Syndrome
First case of KLS was reported by a young man in 1815 with excessive diet and prolonged sleep after experiencing fever. Willi Kleine, a neurologist from Frankfurt described the disease in 1925. The work was carried on by the details of similar case by Max Levin, a New York based Psychiatrist. MacDonald Critchley, researched on the issue further and wrote a report on the study of various patient’s conditions. He named the condition Kleine-Levin Syndrome and gave four conditions:
- Hyper-sexuality
- Adolescent onset
- Spontaneous resolution
- Compulsive eating
Many researchers have studied and are still working on it. And till date no cause or the true fact behind the illness have been found.
Treatment
Surprisingly, no proper cure or treatment have been found till now, as the mystery behind the cause is till not revealed. Drug trials are going repeatedly but no confirmation has been found. Studies are going on, hoping for a result.
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