Cerebrospinal fluid
Sometimes called CSF, this is referred to as the fluid that fills the areas surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This fluid contains small quantities of glucose and protein and is continuously being produced and absorbed. It is basically used to bathe and protect the brain and spinal cord.
Chromatherapy and aromatherapy
Chromotherapy, sometimes known as color therapy or colourology, is part of the holistic healing that uses color to achieve optimal health. more on chromatherapy. Aromatherapy, on the other hand, is based on herbal medicine: The use of essential oils from aromatic plants to restore and enhance health and beauty i.e. the use of essential oils from plants, flowers, trees, and herbs to achieve health and vitality.
Hypnagogic hallucinations
Hypnagogia or hypnagogia is made up of vivid and terrifying experiences, hearing of sounds or seeing dreamlike images occurring just prior to sleep. It is a symptom of narcolepsy that can be mistaken for psychosis.
Hypocretin test
Narcolepsy can be diagnosed by measuring CSF hypocretin levels but with a caveat. However, no single test will ever be 100% specific for narcolepsy.
Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
The Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) is a sleep disorder diagnostic tool. It consists of a series of short naps during the daytime, done in the sleep lab, to measure daytime sleepiness and how fast you fall asleep. The test is based on the idea that the sleepier one is the faster they will fall asleep.
Neurological disorder
This is a problem with nerves: The disturbance in structure or function of the nervous system resulting. It usually results from developmental abnormality, disease, injury, or toxin.
Nervous system stimulants
Central nervous system stimulants are used to treat conditions characterized by a lack of adrenergic stimulation, including narcolepsy and neonatal apnea.
Neurodegenerative illnesses
These are illnesses that occur when there is a deterioration of neurons which over time will lead to neurodegeneration and disabilities resulting from this. Recently some scientists have suggested that narcolepsy is a neurodegenerative illness.
Overnight polysomnogram (PSG)
A polysomnogram, or PSG, is an overnight test that records and measure sleep patterns.
Orexin/hypocretin: are the common names given to a pair of highly excitatory neuropeptide hormones. These are found in the lateral hypothalamic area and project their fibers to the entire central nervous system
Primary hypoventilation syndrome:
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Also Read: Understanding the cause of narcolepsy
