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Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep -wake disorder which classically causes the tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness,
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cataplexy which describes sudden muscle weakness that can lead to collapse, dream -like hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.
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Disease onset is usually in a person's 20s, although it can be diagnosed at any age.
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Importantly, narcolepsy isn't actually that rare, being the second commonest cause of disabling daytime sleepiness after obstructive sleep apnea.
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Its estimated prevalence is about 1 in 1000.
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Most of the cases of narcolepsy are sporadic.
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However, there are familial clusterings suggesting either a genetic or environmental link.
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The disease can be classified into type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy.
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Type 1 is caused by extensive neuron loss in the hypothalamus.
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These specific neurons produce orexin, also referred to as hypocretin,
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which is a neuropeptide that stabilises the sleep and wake stages and prevents inappropriate transitions between them.
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As a result, this type is associated with very low levels of orexin and severe symptoms including cataplexy.
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Type 2 has normal orexin levels, including most of the same symptoms, but doesn't have cataplexy.
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The process that destroys the orexin -producing neurons remains a bit of a mystery,
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but more than 98 % of people with type 1 narcolepsy have the HLA -DQB1 gene.
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This suggests there might be an autoimmune element to it.
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Let's discuss the main clinical features.
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All patients with narcolepsy have excessive daytime sleepiness.
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This can be associated with memory problems and attention issues, resulting in incidents like car crashes.
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The Epworth Sleepiness Scale can be used for evaluating excessive daytime sleepiness.
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People with narcolepsy are also prone to sleep attacks.
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These occur in inappropriate situations several times a day, even when fully involved in a task, and last between one minute and one hour.
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In addition to sleepiness, narcolepsy also characterised by disordered regulation of rapid eye movement sleep.
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REM sleep normally occurs only during the usual sleep period, and includes vivid story -like dreams,
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rapid eye movements, and paralysis of nearly all skeletal muscles except the muscles of respiration.
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In narcolepsy, REM sleep can actually occur at any time of the day, intruding into wakefulness.
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The most severe manifestation of this is cataplexy, which occurs in 60 % of patients.
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This is a generalized muscle weakness, leading to partial or complete collapse.
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It is most frequently triggered by emotional stimuli such as laughter, excitement, or anger.
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Speech may be impaired, vision might be blurred, and respiration might become irregular during the attack.
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Many people with narcolepsy also complain of sleep paralysis, which occurs at the borders of sleep, typically when waking up.
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This is often associated with dreamlike and often disturbing hallucinations.
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Hallucinations that occur at the onset of sleep are referred to as hypnagogic hallucinations,
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and those that occur on awakening are referred to as hypnopompic hallucinations.
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Typical hallucinations might include the sense that a threatening stranger is in the bedroom, or that one's being attacked by animals.
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Moving to investigations, the clinical history of narcolepsy often makes the diagnosis apparent,
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but it's essential to confirm it with overnight polysonography, followed by multiple sleep latency tests the next day.
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The PSG ascertains sleep quality and can identify coexisting causes of excessive daytime sleepiness such as OSA.
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In people with narcolepsy, it might show fragmented light sleep and an early transition into REM sleep.
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The MSLT is performed the day after.
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In this test, the patient is encouraged throughout the day to fall asleep every 2 hours for 20 minutes.
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Given the opportunity to nap, nap, people with narcolepsy usually fall asleep in less than 8 minutes,
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whereas healthy people generally fall asleep in more than 15 minutes.
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In addition, people with narcolepsy will have REM sleep during at least two of these daytime naps.
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The management of narcolepsy is based on lifestyle modifications and medications to treat excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy.
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Non -pharmacological approaches should include improving sleep hygiene by adopting a relatively strict sleep schedule and avoiding alcohol,
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smoking, late late night exercise and sleep deprivation.
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Excessive daytime sleepiness can be managed with CNS stimulants.
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One first -line medication is modafinil.
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Other medications, including dexamphetamine and methylphenidate like Ritalin,
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have evidence, but a lack of head -to -head trials makes it difficult to compare efficacy between drugs.
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Cataplexy is usually managed with sodium oxabate or bitosaline.
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These reduce the frequency of attacks per week second -line agents such as serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors
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or tricyclic antidepressants can also be considered.
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To remember the classic triad of clinical symptoms for narcolepsy, remember CHESS features, including cataplexy,
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hallucinations, excessive somnolence, and sleep paralysis.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello C1 si basa sul video “Narcolepsy Visually Explained”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: sleep, narcolepsy, sleepiness, daytime, cataplexy. Questo video contiene 57 frasi e 767 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:51. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 131 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 68% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| narcolepsy sostantivo | /ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/ | narcolessia |
| daytime sostantivo | /ˈdeɪtaɪm/ | giornata, dì |
| hallucination sostantivo | /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/ | allucinazione |
| paralysis sostantivo | /pəˈɹæləsəs/ | paralisi |
| neuron sostantivo | /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ | neurocito |
| symptom sostantivo | /ˈsɪm(p)təm/ | sintomo |
| respiration sostantivo | /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ | respirazione |
| onset sostantivo | /ˈɒnˌsɛt/ | attacco |
| antidepressant sostantivo | antidepressivo | |
| ascertain verbo | /ˌæsəˈteɪn/ | accertare, appurare |
| autoimmune aggettivo | /ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/ | autoimmune |
| awaken verbo | /əˈweɪkən/ | svegliare |
| clustering sostantivo | /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/ | raggruppamento |
| coexist verbo | /ˌkoʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/ | coesistere |
| deprivation sostantivo | /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/ | privazione |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigare | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | svegliarsi |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
- I suoni “th”: methylphenidate /ˌmɛθ əlˈfɛn ɪˌdeɪt/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, respiration /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/, deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, manifestation /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/, modification /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: narcolepsy /ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/, cataplexy /ˈkætəˌplɛksi/, hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, respiration /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, hypnagogic /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/, hypocretin /ˌhaɪ.poʊˈkɹiː.tən/, inhibitor /ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/, hygiene /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, onset /ˈɒnˌsɛt/, inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/, coexist /ˌkoʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/, diagnose /ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: cataplexy /ˈkætəˌplɛksi/, paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, ascertain /ˌæsəˈteɪn/, classify /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/, manifestation /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/
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