Pseudonarcolepsy in an 11-Year-Old Boy  

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Hvidsten, Sasha ; Bates, Gordon

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 13 no. 4 (Oct. 2008), page 585–591.
Topik: dissociative disorders; narcolepsy; neuropsychiatry; sleep
Fulltext: 585.pdf (82.53KB)

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Narcolepsy is a common disorder with a prevalence of 0.56/1000. Patients present with a classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations, which is seen only rarely in children. The term ‘narcolepsy’ is taken from Greek and means ‘seized by somnolence’; it was first described in 1880 by Gelineau. This article is a case study of an 11-year-old male with pseudonarcolepsy. He presented to accident and emergency with episodes of falling asleep at inappropriate and unexpected times, often falling to the floor. Pseudonarcolepsy is a term coined to describe the phenomenon in which a patient presents with the symptoms and signs of narcolepsy, but the origin is psychogenic. Differential diagnosis, investigation and possible aetiology are discussed, along with treatment and outcome.

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