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Original title: Xinhua All Media + 丨 World Sleep Day: “Keep the Lord” problems can fall asleep anytime, anywhere
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 20 (Reporters Peng Yunjia and Mu Tiecheng) March 21, 21st World Sleep Day. According to the latest data from the China Sleep Research Association, more than 300 million people in China currently suffer from sleep disorders.
Among the more than 300 million people, there is a group of people who are deeply concerned that they can fall asleep anytime, anywhere.
They are narcoleptic patients with a chronic sleep illness. This disease usually occurs in children or young people. Patients often suffer from uncontrolled short sleep anytime, anywhere, or sudden collapse and collapse, it is also difficult to distinguish reality from dreams, dream hallucinations, insomnia, etc. They call themselves “Kue Lord”.
According to Han Fang, general secretary of the World Sleep Society and director of the Sleep Center of Peking University People’s Hospital, according to epidemiological statistics, there are currently about 700,000 narcolepsy patients in China.
It is difficult for narcolepsy patients to sleep well, and adults in my country also face the problem of insufficient sleep time. The “Healthy China Action (2019-2030)” shows that the average sleep time of an adult per day in my country is 6.5 hours.
Experts believe that long-term lack of sleep leads to low immunity, which induces other diseases and damages the body. Not only can a good night’s sleep eliminate fatigue, but it also has a close relationship with improving immunity and the ability to resist disease. People who sleep well have a significant increase in T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes in the blood, which means that the body’s ability to resist the invasion of disease will also be strengthened.
“In addition to lack of sleep, there is occasional uncontrollable cataplexy.” Bao Mindong, 37, was diagnosed with narcolepsy after graduating from college. His initial symptoms were nightmares. The symptoms appeared gradually. Being out of control has become the biggest problem he faces.
The cataplexy of narcolepsy is reportedly caused primarily by the transient partial or complete loss of muscle tone when the patient is agitated. It manifests as a sudden involuntary bow or collapse on the ground, but the patient’s consciousness is always in. Clearly, this state usually only lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes.
“There is no cure for narcolepsy.” Han Fang said that patients can take appropriate medications to alleviate symptoms according to their symptoms.
Compared to drug treatment, he advocates “a three-part treatment and seven-part nutrition.” Narcolepsy patients must maintain a normal life and can supplement sleep with regular naps, and not play games or computer too much.
“Patients must cope with narcolepsy, pay attention to narcolepsy, and seek professional evaluation and treatment as soon as possible.” Han Fang suggested that if uncontrolled drowsiness, cataplexy, sleep hallucinations and other symptoms occur, the public can choose a sleep specialist in a regular top three hospital OR the Department of Neurology and Respiratory Medicine for confirmation. If a patient is suspected, further sleep monitoring for narcolepsy is needed to confirm the diagnosis, including nocturnal polysomnography (PSG) examination and multiple nap latency test (MSLT).
“I hope that more people can understand and deal with narcolepsy.” As “Juezhu”, Bao Mindong is also the person in charge of the narcolepsy care center “Juezhu Home”. It has contacted almost 2,000 people. Among patients, many patients were delayed in treatment because they did not understand narcolepsy before being diagnosed.
To help more people know about narcolepsy, Mindong and his team organized online conferences, offline doctor-patient communication, and other activities to help narcolepsy patients across the country.
