Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

Louisa Ball is a 15 year old girl with Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, She sleeps for days at a time and cannot be woken. Louisa suffers from Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
The average person will sleep 1/3 of their lives, that's to the age of around 67 years old.
Kleine-Levin Syndrome or KLS (also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome), is a neurological disorder characterized by recurring periods of excessive amounts of sleep and altered behavior. At the onset of an episode the patient becomes drowsy and sleeps for most of the day and night (hypersomnolence), waking only to eat or go to the bathroom. When awake, the patients whole demeanor is changed, often appearing spacey or childlike. They also experience confusion, disorientation, complete lack of energy (lethargy), and lack of emotions (apathy). Individuals are not able to attend school or work or care for themselves. Most are bedridden, tired, and uncommunicative even when awake.

Most patients report that everything seems out of focus, and that they are hypersensitive to noise and light. In some cases, food cravings (compulsive hyperphagia) are exhibited. Instances of uninhibited hypersexuality during episodes (mostly males) and instances of depression (mostly females) have also been reported.

Affected individuals may go for a period of weeks, months or even years without experiencing any symptoms, and then they reappear with little warning. In between episodes those diagnosed with KLS appear to be in perfect health with no evidence of behavioral or physical dysfunction.

The cause of Kleine-Levin Syndrome is not known. Thus, family support and education are the best management currently available.

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• child-like

[screamfreak79]

Funny stuff.

Mike

[TheAdalaide]

@screamfreak79 The first audio was a lot better, could hear my hubby snoring. But had to do the audioswap.

Tam

[anne123480]

i remeber seeing a program about her on tv i feel sorry for her shes missing out on life i hope she gets over thise if she can and get out their and enjoy life

[gaiagale]

I thought I was going to get more information from Louisa Ball ...that aside ...the locations of some sleepers was a bit alarming on the whole most images were darling ...so precious

thanks for sharing

[klspatient411]

for more information on KLS check out klslife.com

[CESARPAYA]

Crazy



[elliexx01]

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