Strangely, the girl with the syndrome sleeps 22 hours a day, can sleep 4 days in a row without eating

The online community had the opportunity to stir up before the story of a girl with a strange syndrome in the world, sleeping up to 22 hours a day, without eating and still not feeling hungry, just sleeping.

In the past few days, on social networks, netizens are constantly talking and being puzzled by the story of a young girl who has a very strange and rare syndrome, only a small number of people in the world. can only be acquired. This syndrome causes her to sleep 22 hours a day, even being able to sleep for 4 days in a row, without eating, and her body still does not feel hungry.

The girl in the strange story sleeps 22 hours a day

Specifically, the girl in the above story is Joanna Cox, 38 years old, living in Castleford, west Yorkshire (England). This girl is also nicknamed "sleeping beauty" when she can sleep anywhere, anytime, anywhere, just let her lie down and she can sleep peacefully. Because Joanna's body suffers from a syndrome of excessive sleep, she will usually sleep 22 hours a day, this is the number that can satisfy her cravings for sleep. Joanna's friends have also often caught her sleeping on the street, in the car or even at the club, many times causing her to encounter funny situations.

The reason Joanna has this condition is because she suffers from daytime sleep deprivation, which is a rare disorder and is known to only be experienced by 1,000 people in the world. Joanna always felt insecure, mentally confused, and excessively sleepy. At one point, she even slept for 4 days in a row, did not eat or drink, causing her family and relatives to panic and worry.

Because the time of day is mostly spent sleeping, this mother of two often prioritizes fast food. This is also an extremely dangerous job to health, if it is often repeated for a long time. Once Joanna was also hospitalized because of low blood sugar due to not eating enough, instead sleeping too much.

It is known that the 38-year-old girl has suffered from this symptom since 2017, noticing strange signs in her body, feeling always sluggish, tired during the day, unable to concentrate on work. Although she tried to cope with this strange phenomenon, she still couldn't overcome it. Sharing in front of the media, Joanna said: "At first, I thought it was depression, I went to a mental health specialist but couldn't solve it. I went to the hospital to get checked, did a series of tests. Experiments to rule out multiple sclerosis, even cancer, but nothing helped me find the cause and cure. By 2019, I had to quit my job."

It was not until 2021, after going through many different doctors and psychologists, that Joanna was able to identify the disease she had, which is a sleep disorder, idiopathic insomnia. It can be seen that this disease has caused a lot of trouble for her, when Joanna said that she couldn't do anything because she couldn't concentrate, even when she woke up she didn't know how long she slept. long time, and what day is it now.

In 2014, there was also a young girl with this disease, that is Beth Goodier, 20 years old and also in England. She said that she could not go out every day, because she could not concentrate, often fell asleep, and felt not alert.

According to many researchers, this is a Klein-Levin symptom, which often occurs in adolescents and adults, but very few people suffer from it because this is a rare symptom.

Currently, Joanna's story is also receiving much attention from the online community, not only in this country but also in Vietnam. Netizens all expressed fear, the feeling of understanding and sympathy for the girl's disease, which turned her whole life upside down, greatly affecting her work and health.