High Occurrences Of Eating Disorders In Narcoleptic Patients!

Recent studies have found that people who are suffering with narcolepsy/cataplexy are experiencing various symptoms of eating disorders like irresistible cravings for the food, binge eating, etc.

The latest study conducted in the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in Netherlands concluded this statement with their research reports.

They conducted study on 60 patients who are suffering with narcolepsy/cataplexy and several interesting facts were found on this research.

• Out of those 60 narcoleptic patients, 23.3 percent of them have the clinical eating disorder.
• Half of them i.e. 30 people are reported with the problem of craving for the food and binge eating.
• 25 percent of the people also said that they are performing binge eating for at least twice a week.
• Coming to the mental health of these people, they had some tension in their mind and felt hurry at the time of eating.

The above research makes you clear that narcolepsy is not only a sleeping disorder but it also develops eating disorders. This narcolepsy is also named as the hypothalamic disease which has a much broader profile of symptoms. Other than the above problems, your body weight will also be increased with this problem as you don’t follow the proper eating habits [Signs and symptoms of narcolepsy].

Person who is suffering with this narcolepsy will have binge eating disorder. Binge eating is the main problem, which is responsible for the increase of body weight as you don’t chew food for required number of times. So, the person who has the problem of narcolepsy will gain more weight within short period of time due to their uneven chewing patterns.