A student from the English city of Leicester, Leicestershire, spoke about life with a rare disease - Kleine-Levin syndrome. According to Metro, due to illness, a girl can sleep up to 22 hours a day. Rodriguez-Diaz (Rhoda Rodriguez-Diaz) lamented that because of the disease "life passes by her." “Reality hits me painfully on the head when I get up and realize that I've been out of my life for a week. I feel very bad when this happens,”the 21-year-old complained. The longest attack of the disease lasted three weeks. She only got up to eat, drink and go to the toilet.
In 2018, Rodriguez-Diaz was kicked out of the university for not completing her term papers on time and showing up for half of her exams. Only after that, in September, she first turned to a therapist, and she was diagnosed. After that, the girl was reinstated at the institute, recognizing her case as "special" and allowed to take the second year program again. As a child, the girl was diagnosed with hypersomnia - she constantly suffered from daytime sleepiness and fatigue, which made it difficult for her to study and play sports.
In 2018, Rodriguez-Diaz was kicked out of the university for not completing her term papers on time and showing up for half of her exams. Only after that, in September, she first turned to a therapist, and she was diagnosed. After that, the girl was reinstated at the institute, recognizing her case as "special" and allowed to take the second year program again. As a child, the girl was diagnosed with hypersomnia - she constantly suffered from daytime sleepiness and fatigue, which made it difficult for her to study and play sports.
“It is very difficult to explain to people where I have been. The disease is rare, because many people do not understand what is wrong with me. But I am fighting to make my life less affected by illness,”added Rodriguez-Diaz. After seeing the doctor, she is better able to cope with her attacks and hopes that it will go away with age. Kleine-Levin syndrome or Sleeping Beauty Syndrome most often occurs in adolescence. Seizures can be relieved with medication. The disease affects one in a million people.