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A rare condition that leaves you exhausted during the day despite a good night’s sleep is far more common than previously thought, according to neurological research.
new discovery Researchers from the American Academy of Neurology focused on idiopathic hypersomnia, which is associated with excessive daytime fatigue, difficulty waking up, and disorganized awakening.
“A review of data from large-scale sleep studies shows that this condition is much more common than previously estimated, and is combined with other common neurological and psychiatric disorders such as epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. We found that it was just as prevalent,” said study author Dr. David T. Kennedy. Plante of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
When examining day and night sleep data of 792 people with an average age of 59 years, they observed that 1.5% (12 people) of the population were affected by this condition.
Previously, it was thought to only affect 0.005 to 0.3% of people. According to the Australian Sleep Disorders Association.
People with idiopathic hypersomnia tend to fall asleep in about half the time as people without hypersomnia.
“Our results show that idiopathic hypersomnia is relatively common and more prevalent than commonly thought. This increases the number of people with this disorder and the number of people who seek treatment. There can be significant differences between the numbers of people,” Plante added.
In terms of symptom severity, a 24-item survey measuring sleepiness asked participants how likely they were to fall asleep while sitting, talking, or even in a parked car.
Patients with idiopathic hypersomnia (which is different from narcolepsy because patients with narcolepsy tend not to sleep excessively) had an average score of 14, but anything above 10 is a concern for experts.
“It has been difficult to determine the prevalence of idiopathic hypersomnia because expensive and time-consuming sleep studies are required to make the diagnosis,” Plante said, adding that further research is needed to determine whether idiopathic hypersomnia This could lead to further causes and treatments for the disease, he added.
A new study also found that chronic fatigue syndrome is much more common than previously thought, affecting an estimated 3.3 million Americans.
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