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During normal breathing, air passes through the throat on its way to the lungs. The air travels past the soft palate, uvula, tonsils, and tongue. When a person is awake, the muscles in the back of the throat tighten to hold these structures in place preventing them from collapsing into the airway. During sleep, these structures can fall into the airway causing snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is characterized by loud snroing and distrubed or interruped sleep patterns. Sleep apnea can have serious consequences including cardiac problems. Frequently patients will awaken in the morning with a headache. If they become sleep deprived they may feel sleeppy all day, and may fall asleep while driving in the car.

Sleep apnea is diagnosed by a sleep study. During a sleep study, the patient's breathing patterns, heart rhythim and brain waves are monitored.

If it is found that sleep apnea is present, most doctors recommend the use of CPAP. CPAP is a breathing device worn during sleep to help keep the airway open. In some situations surgery is recommended. The uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with or without tonsillectomy are surgical procedurs designed to open the airway. In rare situations, a tracheostomy is necessary. These are procedures designed to circumvent this sleep related collapse of these structures.

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Prion Diseases
PrPC; PrPSc; Inherited Prion Diseases. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS); Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI)

Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Fatal familial insomnia, a prion disease with a mutation at codon 178 of the prion protein gene. N Engl J Med. 1992 Feb 13;326(7):444â“449.

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Looking at prion disease in general, Max doubles back to the English mad-cow Victims of fatal familial insomnia lose control of neuromuscular function

Fatal familial insomnia: a new Austrian family -- Almer et al. 122
Fatal familial insomnia: a second kindred with mutation of prion protein gene at codon 178. Neurology 1992a ; 42 : 669 â“70. Abstract/Free Full Text

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Fatal familial Insomnia (FFI). by André Delacourte. General outline. Fatal familial Insomnia (FFI) is a Prion disease, a rare form of CJD.

NEJM -- Fatal familial insomnia, a prion disease with a mutation
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Fatal familial insomnia, a prion disease with a mutation at codon 178 of the prion protein

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On the 7th January 2003 a non-profit-making association was founded in Treviso (Italy) entitled: âœFATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA FAMILIES ASSOCIATION - PRION

Fatal familial insomnia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare autosomal dominant inherited disease of the brain. There are other diseases involving the mammalian prion.

Fatal Familial Insomnia -- Gistau et al. 47 (6): 527 -- Psychosomatics
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a prion disease first described in 1986.1 The main characteristics include insomnia, dysautonomia, and motor signs.

Fatal Familial Insomnia: Prion Diseases: Merck Manual Home Edition
Fatal familial insomnia is a rare prion disease that interferes with sleep and leads to deterioration of mental and motor functions.

Fatal Familial Insomnia by: Ann M. Akroush
This is the prion protein. In the case of fatal familial insomnia, the mutation occurs 178 amino acids into the normal protein. Were an asparagine should be


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