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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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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu C1 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Narcolepsy Visually Explained” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: sleep, narcolepsy, sleepiness, daytime, cataplexy. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 57 cümle ve 767 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 5:51 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 131 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin yalnızca %68’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında, bu yüzden kelime dağarcığı zorlayıcı.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| narcolepsy isim | /ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/ | narkolepsi |
| daytime isim | /ˈdeɪtaɪm/ | gündüz |
| hallucination isim | /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/ | sanrı, halüsinasyon |
| paralysis isim | /pəˈɹæləsəs/ | felç, inme |
| neuron isim | /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ | nöron, sinir hücresi |
| symptom isim | /ˈsɪm(p)təm/ | semptom, belgi |
| respiration isim | /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ | solunum |
| inappropriate sıfat | /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/ | uygunsuz |
| autoimmune sıfat | /ˌɔːtəʊɪˈmjuːn/ | otoimmün |
| awaken fiil | /əˈweɪkən/ | uyandırmak |
| dreamlike sıfat | /ˈdɹimlaɪk/ | dalgın, hayalperest |
| familial sıfat | /fəˈmɪljəl/ | ailevî |
| hypothalamus isim | hipotalamus | |
| impair fiil | /ɪmˈpɛɹ/ | azaltmak, kötüleştirmek |
| latency isim | /ˈleɪ.tən.si/ | gecikme, gizlilik |
Duyacağınız deyimsel fiiller
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| check out fiil | gözden geçirmek | |
| wake up fiil | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | uyanmak |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
- “th” sesleri: methylphenidate /ˌmɛθ əlˈfɛn ɪˌdeɪt/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, respiration /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/, deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, manifestation /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/, modification /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: narcolepsy /ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/, cataplexy /ˈkætəˌplɛksi/, hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, respiration /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: awaken /əˈweɪkən/, wakefulness /ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: neuron /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/, classify /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/, clustering /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/, dreamlike /ˈdɹimlaɪk/, skeletal /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: cataplexy /ˈkætəˌplɛksi/, paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, ascertain /ˌæsəˈteɪn/, classify /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/, manifestation /ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; narcolepsy, daytime, hallucination gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
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