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Narcolepsy – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Imagine if you couldn’t control when and where you fall asleep.
Cizza: When patients have narcolepsy, they fall asleep during the day.
Narrator: And suddenly says NIH researcher Dr. Giovanni Cizza. In narcolepsy, the brain is unable to control sleep-wake cycles. So people with narcolepsy experience irresistible and sudden bouts of sleep. Those sleep-episodes can last from a few seconds to several minutes. And Dr. Cizza adds they can be dangerous.
Cizza: There was a lady suffering from narcolepsy who liked to swim, and she only could go if someone continuously watched her because she could fall asleep while swimming.
Narrator: For more information about narcolepsy, visit www.ninds.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the NIH, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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