Fatal insomnia

fatal familial insomnia

class of disease, signs den symptoms

Short name	FFI
Health specialty	psychiatry, sleep medicine, neuropathology
Genetic association	PRNP
ICD-9-CM	046.72
ICPC 2 ID	N73
NCI Thesaurus ID	C84711

Fatal insomnia be a neurodegenerative disease wey dey result in trouble sleeping as ein hallmark symptom. De majority of cases be familial (fatal familial insomnia [FFI]), wey dey stem from a mutation insyd de PRNP gene, plus de remainder of cases wey dey occur sporadically (sporadic fatal insomnia [sFI]). De problems plus sleeping typically dey start out gradually den worsen over time. Eventually, de patient go succumb to total insomnia (agrypnia excitata), most often wey dey lead to oda symptoms such as speech problems, coordination problems, den dementia. E dey result in death within a few months to a few years, wey der no be known disease-modifying treatment.

External links

• "AFIFF Fatal Familial Insomnia Families Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2013.