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What is Fatal familial insomnia?
- Fatal familial insomnia: Introduction
- Types of Fatal familial insomnia
- Prognosis
- Complications
- Other names for Fatal familial insomnia
- What causes Fatal familial insomnia?
- What are the symptoms of Fatal familial insomnia?
- Organs Affected by Fatal familial insomnia
- Can anyone else get Fatal familial insomnia?
- How is it treated?
- Fatal familial insomnia: Introduction
What is Fatal familial insomnia?
- Fatal familial insomnia: A very rare inherited brain disease that severely affects sleep and causes progressive deterioration of mental and movement functions.
- Fatal familial insomnia: An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by degeneration of the THALAMUS and progressive insomnia. It is caused by a mutation in the prion protein (PRIONS).
Source - Diseases Database
Fatal familial insomnia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Fatal familial insomnia, or a subtype of Fatal familial insomnia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Fatal familial insomnia: Introduction
Types of Fatal familial insomnia:
Broader types of Fatal familial insomnia:
- Prion diseases
- Sleep disorders
- Brain conditions
- Genetic Disease
- Bizarre medical conditions
- more types...»
How serious is Fatal familial insomnia?
Prognosis of Fatal familial insomnia: the condition is progressive and death usually occurs about 9 months from onset of symptoms
Complications of Fatal familial insomnia:
see complications of Fatal familial insomnia
What causes Fatal familial insomnia?
Causes of Fatal familial insomnia: see causes of Fatal familial insomnia
What are the symptoms of Fatal familial insomnia?
Symptoms of Fatal familial insomnia: see symptoms of Fatal familial insomnia
Complications of Fatal familial insomnia: see complications of Fatal familial insomnia
Fatal familial insomnia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Fatal familial insomnia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Fatal familial insomnia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Fatal familial insomnia:
see treatments for Fatal familial insomnia
Research for Fatal familial insomnia:
see research for Fatal familial insomnia
Organs Affected by Fatal familial insomnia:
Organs and body systems related to Fatal familial insomnia include:
Name and Aliases of Fatal familial insomnia
Main name of condition: Fatal familial insomnia
Class of Condition for Fatal familial insomnia: prion, genetic
FFI, insomnia [dysautonomia thalamic], Familial fatal insomnia, Insomnia familial fatal
Familial fatal insomnia, Insomnia familial fatal
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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