Sleeping beauty syndrome( kleine levin syndrome) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by recurring periods of excessive amounts of sleep and altered behavior. At the onset of an episode the patient becomes drowsy and sleeps for most of the day and night (hypersomnolence), waking only to eat or go to the bathroom. When awake, the patient’s whole demeanor is changed, often appearing “spacey” or childlike. When awake, they experience confusion, disorientation, complete lack of energy (lethargy), and lack of emotions (apathy). Individuals are not able to attend school or work or care for themselves. Most are bedridden, tired, and uncommunicative even when awake.
Syndrome is a disorder that is rarely found in the teenager people. The patients having this disease can sleep for 2 weeks continuously.
There are not so many people in the globe suffering from this disease. According to the report there are round about one thousand people suffering from this disorder. Doctors also told that there is not any medicine till yet invented to remove this disease. Doctors further say that the patient suffering from this disorder itself recovers from this disease.
was first posted on February 10, 2010 at 12:10 pm.
