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What Causes Uncontrollable Episodes Of Falling Asleep, Headaches And Body Tremors?
my wife is 36 she gets confused about most everything, put things in odd places, falls asleep when i talk to her, headaches,feels sick,shakes, swets , i took her to the hospital many times.yes she smokes, ive found her asleep on the front porch and many other places, sha has a hard time urinating too. i need help i never know what im going to come home to from day to day. i have a next door naigbor whatching her while im at work. today the niegbhor said she found food all over the floor and my wife asleep in the kitchen .please help
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Fri, 19 May 2017
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Your wife symptoms could be related to a sleep disorder (sleep apnea, narcolepsy or other types of hypersomnia).
A metabolic disorder (thyroid dysfunction, adrenal gland dysfunction) can not be excluded either.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with her GP for a physical exam and some tests :
-a polysomnography for sleep disorders
- a chest X ray study and pulmonary function tests
- thyroid hormone levels
- kidney and liver function tests
- blood electrolytes
- fasting glucose
- a urine analysis for infection.
You should discuss with her doctor on the above tests.
Kind regards, Dr. Aida
Your wife symptoms could be related to a sleep disorder (sleep apnea, narcolepsy or other types of hypersomnia).
A metabolic disorder (thyroid dysfunction, adrenal gland dysfunction) can not be excluded either.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with her GP for a physical exam and some tests :
-a polysomnography for sleep disorders
- a chest X ray study and pulmonary function tests
- thyroid hormone levels
- kidney and liver function tests
- blood electrolytes
- fasting glucose
- a urine analysis for infection.
You should discuss with her doctor on the above tests.
Kind regards, Dr. Aida
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