Narlcoleptic Woman

Telegraph Nov 4, 2010
【导读】 世界之大，无奇不有。一位英国女博士患有“嗜睡症”，一天竟然猝倒 100 次。“嗜睡症”是一种罕见病症，强烈的情感波折，如恐惧、惊讶和大笑，往往引发病症。
Dr Allen, 35, a scientist, suffers from bouts of “cataplexy”, a rare symptom of narcolepsy, triggered by strong emotions — such as fear,surprise or laughter.①
艾伦博士，35岁，患有悴倒症疾病，一种罕见的嗜睡症，会被强烈的情感引发，如恐惧，惊讶和大笑。

The attacks cause her to lose control of her body and she collapses into a deep sleep-although she remains conscious throughout.②
这种疾病导致她失去对身体的控制，虽然她还始终保持意识，但已陷入深度睡眠。

Each collapse lasts between 30 seconds to five minutes and at its worst Claire can endure up to 100 attacks each day.
每次症状都持续30秒到5分钟之间，最糟糕的是Claire每天发病达到100次。

Claire, from Cambridge, described how she first loses her speech and vision before her body buckles—but she remains completely “awake”.She said: “The attacks are caused by any emotional surprise or shock but laughter is definitely the strongest trigger.”

Claire，来自剑桥大学，描述了第一次在她身体弯曲之前她不能说话和看见，但是意识完全清醒。突她说，然猝倒是由于情感上的惊讶或震惊，但是大笑绝对是最强动因。

However, the new drug, Xyrem puts Claire into a deep sleep for three-and-a-half hours so she must take a second dose in the middle of the night to get a full seven hours sleep.She said: “For the last five years I hadn’t slept for more than an hour at a time so the first time I slept for more than three hours it was incredible.”
然而，新型药物Xyrem可以让Claire进入三个半小时的深度睡眠，所以她必须在半夜服第二次药来保证七小时深度睡眠。她说，在过去的五年里，我没有睡觉超过一个小时，所以当我第一次睡眠超过三小时感到不可思议。

Researchers have found that narcolepsy may be caused by an irregularity to the brain cells which control the sleep hormone hypocretin.An estimated 25,000 people in the UK suffer from narcolepsy but many remain undiagnosed due to the varying nature of the symptoms.
研究人员发现。嗜睡症可能是由于控制睡眠的荷尔蒙下丘泌素的脑部细胞不均匀引起的。大约25000英国人遭受嗜睡症，但由于症状的不同种类很多人难以确诊。