In the 'Symptoms - Sleep' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about sleep disorders:
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Have you been diagnosed with a sleep disorder such as hypersomnolence or narcolepsy?
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Your answer |
...indicates |
...and suggests |
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"Don't know" |
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"No" |
Absense of sleep disorder |
A pre-existing condition |
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"Similar sleep disorder / doctors uncertain" |
Having an uncertain sleep disorder |
A pre-existing condition |
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"Hypersomnolence" |
Having hypersomnolence |
A pre-existing condition |
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"Narcolepsy" |
Having narcolepsy |
A pre-existing condition |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
GLOSSARY
Narcolepsy
A cause of daytime sleepiness due to an inherited disorder of the control of dreaming sleep. It should be differentiated from sleep apnoea, periodic leg movements and other rarer causes of daytime sleepiness.
Last updated: May 10, 2007
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