Due to degeneration of a part of the brain known as thalamus, fatal familial insomnia is said to have occurred. It is also a genetic disorder called the prion disease of the brain resulting in a waxy substance formation called amyloid plaques. Both the sexes can be affected by this disease and if an individual inherits the mutant gene, chances of suffering are high at some of time. Fatal familial insomnia is found in about 50 families worldwide,...
Insomnia doesn’t announce its arrival beforehand. It can hit anyone anytime and at any age. It can last for a few days if it is mild enough or last for weeks and months if it is acute and severe making normal lifestyle difficult to maintain. Primarily insomnia is the inability to sleep like a normal person which is reason enough for failing health over a period of time.
Insomnia is a sleeping disorder making it difficult for people affected to close their eyes or put them to rest for more than a few minutes even if they are very tired. Even when an opportunity to sleep arises, an affected person cannot get to sleep. Insomnia is said to occur 1.4 times more in women than in men and in the US, nearly 64 million people suffer regularly from insomnia according to a study report by the US Department of Health and Human...
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