The Real sleeping Beauty Girl Sleep for 2 Weeks

A 15 years old girl in England named Louisa Ball got very rare sleep disorder. She has been diagnosed with Kleine-Levin Syndrome - also known as Sleeping Beauty Disease - where sufferers can fall into deep sleeps that can last for weeks. She often fall asleep at school while she studying. Now she missed her school and dance class exam because asleep for 2 weeks. And that was not the first time. Before, she had deeply sleep for 22 hours and also 7 days in other time so that she miss her holiday. Mr and Mrs Ball as their parents of course very scared about their daughter. They also should wake Louisa very hard to give her food water. And after ate she will fall into deeply sleep again.
Kleine-Levine syndrome or Sleeping Beauty Disease or known also as narcolepsy in other term was an idiopathic disorder. The cause was not clear; it is thought it may be related to malfunction of the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that governs appetite and sleep.
It is more common in males than females and usually disappears in adulthood, and between sleep periods the sufferer recovers completely.
There is no definitive treatment for Kleine-Levin Syndrome, although some patients are given stimulant drugs to try and keep them awake.
Louisa herself first developed the disorder since October 2008 after her recovering from a bout of flu. She took flu medication for a week. But the relation with the case is not discovered. She is now on medication. Hope it can help and bring her on to her normal life.

Source: dailymail.co.uk