Narcolepsy blamed for highway deaths
CHICAGO (UPI) — A peculiar type of sleeping sickness called narcolepsy causes an untold number of deaths and accidents on
the nation's highways each year, the National Safety Council (NSC) reports.
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appears to be a hereditary association, the NSC said.
This disease, however, is not caused by a parasite or virus. Its basic cause is still unknown although lack of oxygen to the brain may be involved, and there
"The disease is not fatal; it carries no threat of malignancy and there is no clearcut proof that it may develop into a more serious nervous disorder," the council added.
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"Sufferers are not confined to their beds; they may be walking beside you, sitting next to you in the theatre, or even driving the car you're riding in."
Although the disease is not uniformly present among age groups, it is estimated that it affects some 200,000 to 300,000 motorists.
Last year 15 per cent of the nation's 236 highway deaths were blamed on the driver being "drowsy or sleepy."
Although how many of them
NSC added that although it seems unlikely that narcolepsy will ever be cured in the true sense of the word, once diagnosed, its most dangerous effect, sleepiness, can be prevented with medication.
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had narcolepsy is unknown, the NSC reported that any stretch of uninterrupted driving can cause an overwhelming demand for the narcoleptic to shut his eyes.
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