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  2. Narcolepsy - Wikipedia

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    Sleep-related hallucinations, also known as hypnogogic (going to sleep) and hypnopompic (on awakening) are vivid hallucinations that can be auditory, visual, or tactile and may occur independent of or in combination with an inability to move (sleep paralysis). Narcolepsy is a clinical syndrome of hypothalamic disorder, [6] but the exact cause ...

  3. Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Episodes of sleep paralysis, regardless of classification, are generally short (1–6 minutes), but longer episodes have been documented. [8] It can be difficult to differentiate between cataplexy brought on by narcolepsy and true sleep paralysis, because the two phenomena are physically indistinguishable. The best way to differentiate between ...

  4. Sleep disorder - Wikipedia

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    Sleep paralysis, characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly before or after sleep. Sleep paralysis may be accompanied by visual, auditory or tactile hallucinations. It is not a disorder unless severe, and is often seen as part of narcolepsy.

  5. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary .

  6. Excessive daytime sleepiness - Wikipedia

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    Narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, sleep apnea, others Excessive daytime sleepiness ( EDS ) is characterized by persistent sleepiness and often a general lack of energy, even during the day after apparently adequate or even prolonged nighttime sleep.

  7. Classification of sleep disorders - Wikipedia

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    The first book on sleep [citation needed] was published in 1830 by Robert MacNish; it described sleeplessness, nightmares, sleepwalking and sleep-talking. Narcolepsy, hypnogogic hallucination, wakefulness and somnolence were mentioned by other authors of the nineteenth century.

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