Narcolepsy Mac OS
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Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Professor’s Name
Narcolepsy Microsleep
Dr. John Chovan, PhD., DNP, RN, CNP, CNS
Narcolepsy is a long-term neurological disorder that involves a decreased ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles. Symptoms often include periods of excessive daytime sleepiness and brief involuntary sleep episodes. About 70% of those affected also experience episodes of sudden loss of muscle strength, known as cataplexy. Narcolepsy is a rare long-term brain condition that causes a person to suddenly fall asleep at inappropriate times. The brain is unable to regulate sleeping and waking patterns normally, which can result in: excessive daytime sleepiness – feeling very drowsy throughout the day and finding it difficult to concentrate and stay awake.
- I decided to do a bit of research and found that running the command pmset -g assertions from the terminal would list any conditions currently active which are preventing the OS from sleeping. In my case, it was file sharing as well as remote TTY sessions (via SSH), which were solved by issuing the command sudo pmset -a ttyskeepawake 0.
- Narcolepsy is a long-term neurological disorder that involves a decreased ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles. Symptoms often include periods of excessive daytime sleepiness and brief involuntary sleep episodes.
Keywords
Narcolepsy, Cataplexy, HLA DQB1-0602, Gelineau, Hypocretin, Autoimmune
Subject Categories
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Abstract
According to the U.S. Library of Medicine (2018), 1 in 2000 individuals in the United States and Western Europe are affected by narcolepsy, or Gelineau syndrome. Those with mild symptoms may not be diagnosed, and worse yet, those seeking medical attention may be misdiagnosed, especially in children and adolescents. Further research of the disease revealed misdiagnosis is a common theme with narcolepsy. Often, individuals are diagnosed with emotional or psychiatric disorders and prescribed inappropriate medications. “Lack of clinical awareness about different presentations in children and adolescents often leads to misdiagnosis of narcolepsy as schizophrenia, epilepsy, and other neurological disorders” often leading to incorrect prescribing of antipsychotic medications, and antiepileptic medications (Gupta et al., 2017, p. Dash api documentation browser 5 1 1. 20). The first step in dissolving the complexity of narcolepsy, no matter what part of the lifespan, is diagnosis. Therefore, the purpose of this poster presentation is to not only aid in a better understanding of narcolepsy, but help guide clinicians to appropriate medical diagnosis of narcolepsy.
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Recommended Citation
Rainey, Tammy, 'Narcolepsy or Gelineau Syndrome' (2018). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 293.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/293
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