Friday, August 17, 2007

Rip Van Winkle Disease - sleep for weeks solid


The disease sounds as if it came straight out of Grimms’ fairy tales. Teens fall into a slumber, dozing weeks or even months at a stretch. Marathon sleeping spells come and go, cropping up intermittently for roughly a decade. Then, symptoms vanish as mysteriously as they first appeared.
Stephen Maier is among the unlucky few who know the groggy misery of KLS firsthand. He developed the disorder at age 13, after what seemed like a severe case of the flu. “My parents couldn’t wake me up, and even when they succeeded, I was incoherent,” says Maier. “So they took me to an emergency room.” Full Story - Electronic Appraiser - What is your house worth?