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Idiopathic hypersomnia

Idiopathic hypersomnia is a chronic neurological sleep disorder categorized as a central disorder of hypersomnolence, most commonly arising during adolescence or young adulthood. Read more about Idiopathic hypersomnia

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About Idiopathic hypersomnia.

Idiopathic hypersomnia is a chronic neurological sleep disorder categorized as a central disorder of hypersomnolence, most commonly arising during adolescence or young adulthood.

It affects the central nervous system mechanisms regulating sleep-wake homeostasis and is characterized by persistent, irrepressible daytime sleepiness despite adequate or extended nocturnal sleep.

Defining clinical features include prolonged, unrefreshing daytime naps and severe sleep inertia—marked by prolonged confusion and difficulty waking—frequently accompanied by cognitive complaints and autonomic symptoms, while characteristically lacking the rapid eye movement sleep abnormalities seen in narcolepsy.

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