Allsopp M R, Zaiwalla Z
Park Hospital for Children, Oxford.
Arch Dis Child. 1992 Mar;67(3):302-6. doi: 10.1136/adc.67.3.302.
The symptom of excessive sleepiness in children and adolescents does not necessarily cause great concern to families and professionals involved in their care. Children may deny the symptom and minimise the adverse effects. These factors contribute to an underdiagnosis of narcolepsy in this age group when clinical diagnosis is difficult as associated symptoms may not have appeared or are hard to elicit. In this paper three children whose difficult behaviour contributed to the presentation of their sleep disorder are described.
儿童和青少年过度嗜睡的症状不一定会引起其家人及负责照顾他们的专业人员的高度关注。儿童可能会否认这种症状,并尽量减少其不良影响。当临床诊断困难时,由于相关症状可能尚未出现或难以引出,这些因素导致该年龄组发作性睡病的诊断不足。本文描述了三名儿童,他们的行为问题促使其睡眠障碍得以显现。