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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Able Sleeping Beauty It For 13 Days

Beautiful and intelligent. That's the first impression that are designated for a British teenager, Louisa Ball. But this 15-year-old girl apparently has a habit of disturbing enough, namely sleep for days.
According to the NBC page, Louisa possibility of suffering a called Kleine-Levin syndrome, popularly called "Sleeping Sickness." No wonder, when Louisa resistant to sleep even for 13 days.
Louisa's mother, Lottie, revealed that her daughter had started to experience an unnatural habit since a year ago. Initially, she suffered from flu-like symptoms. But after suffering from symptoms that, Louisa often known to sleep in a very long period of time.
During sleep, Louisa did not seem disturbed by the shocks or encouragement. "We were not able Development Authority him," Lottie said when interviewed on NBC in a show that aired Friday (5 / 2) last week.
Habit is what makes Lottie restless. Because, due to sleep for long periods, often spending hours Louisa actually eat. "I often say to him, 'Louisa, let's wake up. Eat first." He apparently did not have the strength just to open his eyelids, "said Lottie.
Louisa now spend more time sleeping, either during a family vacation, when break dancing exercise, even during school exams.
He himself also admitted to fret because they can sleep for long. "I was so upset because having this disease, is certainly a lot of things I had missed," said Louisa quoted as saying by Daily News of the World end of January last. "I can not remember anything when I woke up. I was thinking, 'Why did this happen to me'," he continued.
Since last year, the team of doctors examined in Louisa St. George's in Tooting, England. According to doctor's diagnosis, she was suffering from Kleine-Levin Syndrome, which make the sufferer can fall asleep in a long time. The patient had maintained for some time, but will feel dazed and did not really conscious.
In the corners of the world, it is estimated syndrome of 1,000 people. According to doctors, Sleeping Sickness was often attacked teenagers, mainly aged between 8 to 12 years. However, the syndrome could disappear by itself.
Team doctors do not know exactly what extent the causes and how to cure people with diseases Sleeping Beauty. Now, Louisa can only hope that the syndrome could soon disappear by itself. "I hope to one day be rid of the problem," said Louisa.

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