KLS World Organization kleinelevin syndrome -KLS- is a rare sleep disorder that causes random episodes of excessive sleeping for indefinite periods of time, and when awake, in an episode, victims can remain in a trance-like state. http://www.klsworld.com
Extractions: SLEEP DISORDER DEFINED Kleine-Levin Syndrome is a complex medical disorder that causes random episodes of excessive sleeping for indefinite periods of time. When victims are awake during an episode they remain in a trance-like state, disconnected from the normal world and unable to communicate what is happening to them. No one can predict when an episode will happen or how long it will last or how many episodes will happen in a year's time. There are no tests to diagnose Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS). Very few doctors have ever even seen KLS. The worst myth is that KLS eventually disappears. It does not.
Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc. Provides information and support for those people who have KLS or who have a loved one with KLS and to provide them the opportunity to get in touch with other KLS persons. http://www.kleinelevin.com/
Extractions: Welcome to the Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc. Website The Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization created to provide information and support to those diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) and their families. KLS is a rare medical disorder first affecting adolescents, primarily characterized by the need for excessive amounts of sleep. The Foundation exchanges information with patients and the medical community to help in the diagnosis and care of those affected by KLS. The goal is to raise awareness about KLS and to support scientific research to determine its yet unknown causes and lead to a cure. The website was first developed in 1998 by Cindy and Dick Maier and their son, Stephen, who has KLS. It began as a way for the family to find just one other person with KLS and evolved into a way to support families and individuals with KLS when they discovered hundreds of other people affected by KLS. In 1999, they formed the Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, to help others with KLS and eventually determine the cause and cure for KLS. What is Kleine-Levin Syndrome?
NINDS Kleine-Levin Syndrome Information Page More about kleinelevin syndrome, Studies with patients, Research literature, Press releases, NINDS kleine-levin syndrome Information Page Reviewed 01-28-2003 http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/kleine_levin.htm
Extractions: Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare disorder that causes recurring periods of excessive drowsiness and sleep (up to 20 hours per day). Symptoms, which may last for days to weeks, include excessive food intake, irritability, disorientation, lack of energy, and hypersensitivity to noise. Some patients may also experience hallucinations and an abnormally uninhibited sex drive. Affected persons are normal between episodes, although depression and amnesia may be noted temporarily after an attack. It may be weeks or more before symptoms reappear. Onset is typically around adolescence to the late teens. The disorder is 4 times more common in males than in females. Symptoms may be related to malfunction of the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that governs appetite and sleep.
Kleine-Levin Syndrome (www.whonamedit.com) kleinelevin syndrome Also M. Critchley, H. Hoffman The syndrome of periodic somnolence and morbid hunger (kleine-levin syndrome). British http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1398.html
Extractions: This survey of medical eponyms and the persons behind them is meant as a general interest site only. No information found here must under any circumstances be used for medical purposes, diagnostically, therapeutically or otherwise. If you, or anybody close to you, is affected, or believe to be affected, by any condition mentioned here: see a doctor. A strange condition of unknown aetiology which almost exclusively affects young males aged 15-25 years. Characterized by periods lasting from days to weeks of attacks of somnolence accompanied by excessive food intake, and various mental symptoms. Common mental symptoms are confusion, irritability, restlessness, euphoria, hallucinations, delusions, and schizophreniform states. Attacks may occur every 3 to 6 months and last from 2 to 3 days. Between attacks the patients recover completely and the sleep periods usually disappear in adult age. This syndrome may easily be confused for other neurological, metabolical or psychiatric disease
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Extractions: Welcome to the Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc. Website The Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization created to provide information and support to those diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) and their families. KLS is a rare medical disorder first affecting adolescents, primarily characterized by the need for excessive amounts of sleep. The Foundation exchanges information with patients and the medical community to help in the diagnosis and care of those affected by KLS. The goal is to raise awareness about KLS and to support scientific research to determine its yet unknown causes and lead to a cure. The website was first developed in 1998 by Cindy and Dick Maier and their son, Stephen, who has KLS. It began as a way for the family to find just one other person with KLS and evolved into a way to support families and individuals with KLS when they discovered hundreds of other people affected by KLS. In 1999, they formed the Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, to help others with KLS and eventually determine the cause and cure for KLS. What is Kleine-Levin Syndrome?
KLS WHAT IS kleinelevin syndrome. kleine-levin syndrome is a rare Sleep Disorder. Or is it? Please note that kleine-levin syndrome is a Medical Disorder. http://www.klsworld.com/is.shtml
Extractions: WHAT IS KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME K leine- L evin S yndrome is a rare Sleep Disorder. Or is it? T he main symptoms are episodes of excessive sleeping and a trance-like state. T he onset of the disorder generally happens when a person goes to sleep at night in a normal way - only to wake up in a KLS sleeping episode the next morning. The KLS victim may attempt a normal function but is completely disoriented and stays in a confused state. KLS usually begins in teenage years. T he most notable symptom is the KLS victim sleeping as long as 23 hours a day - rising only to use the bathroom. W hen a KLS victim is awake during an episode the victim remains in a fog-like state and is unable to communicate in a normal way. D uring an episode KLS victims suffer a wide range of mental abnormalities. KLS victims require quiet surroundings - if disturbed they may become agitated or extremely irritable or very uncooperative. KLS is a disorder that comes and goes with a life of its own: meaning that the duration of a sleep episode may last for a few days to weeks and even months. KLS victims do not know when an episode will happen.
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Extractions: It is possible that the main title of the report is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report. Information on the following diseases can be found in the Related Disorders section of this report: Kleine-Levin syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the need for excessive amounts of sleep (hypersomnolence), (i.e., up to 20 hours a day); excessive food intake (compulsive hyperphagia); and an abnormally uninhibited sexual drive. The disorder primarily affects adolescent males. When awake, affected individuals may exhibit irritability, lack of energy (lethargy), and/or lack of emotions (apathy). They may also appear confused (disoriented) and experience hallucinations. Symptoms of Kleine-Levin Syndrome are cyclical. An affected individual may go for weeks or months without experiencing symptoms. When present, symptoms may persist for days to weeks. In some cases, the symptoms associated with Kleine-Levin syndrome eventually disappear with advancing age. However, episodes may recur later during life.
Health Library - Kleine Levin Syndrome. Synonyms Disorder Subdivisions General Discussion Resources Symptoms of kleinelevin syndrome are cyclical. http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/library/healthguide/IllnessConditions/topic.asp?hw
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Extractions: National Institute of Mental Health Kleine-Levin Syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the need for excessive amounts of sleep (hypersomnolence), (i.e., up to 20 hours a day); excessive food intake (compulsive hyperphagia); and an abnormally uninhibited sexual drive. The disorder primarily affects adolescent males. When awake, affected individuals may exhibit irritability, lack of energy (lethargy), and/or lack of emotions (apathy). They may also appear confused (disoriented) and experience hallucinations.
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