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Fatal familial insomnia
Fatal familial insomnia: Introduction
A rare brain disease where the patient loses the ability to fall asleep. Prognosis is poor and the inability to sleep is gradually degenerative and eventually fatal.
Symptoms of Fatal familial insomnia
- Insomnia
- Hallucinations
- Stupor
- Coma
- Progressive insomnia
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Fatal familial insomnia: Complications
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Fatal familial insomnia: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Fatal familial insomnia: Rare Types
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Causes of Fatal familial insomnia
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Fatal familial insomnia
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Prognosis for Fatal familial insomnia
Prognosis for Fatal familial insomnia: the condition is progressive and death usually occurs about 9 months from onset of symptoms
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Definitions of 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)
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