Rare diseases keep awake for years

Rare diseases keep awake for years - People need to sleep soundly every night in order to give opportunity to the body for detoxification. But this does not apply to people with rare diseases Chiari malformation, which allowed him to keep awake for years.

Chiari malformation a rare disease attacking the brain. This disorder occurs in the lower parts of the brain protrudes into the position of the cerebellum and out of the skull. This occurs when part of an abnormally small skull or disabled, pressing on the brain and force it down.

This condition affects the brain that regulate emotion, respiratory system, circulation and interfere with sleep because of the depressed skull back.



Chiari malformation can occur in adulthood (type 1) and from birth or congenital (type 2). Besides can not sleep, severe headaches, slurred speech, numbness and tingling in hands and feet, vision problems, balance problems and difficulty swallowing are the classic symptoms of Chiari malformation.

Rare disease is one of them attacked Rhett Lamb. In the first 3 years of life, Rhett could not even sleep at all and kept awake.

Rhett Lamb who is now 5 years old was born with a rare disease Chiari malformation. A rare disorder that makes the couple's son Shannon and David Lamb is always maintained for 3 years in early life.

Diagnosis of rare disease keeps the doctor decided to do the surgical removal of part of the brain that suppress bone Rhett. Only with a 50 percent guarantee of success, eventually performed surgery at All Children's Hospital, St.. Petersburg in mid-2008.

The operation was a success. Two days later, Rhett was finally able to sleep soundly for the first time.

"I really could not hold back my tears to see him can sleep soundly at night. I can not believe seeing all this," said Shannon Lamb, Rhett's mother, as reported by newstodaynews, Monday (11/28/2011).

Not only restore the sleep cycle, the operations also makes emotions Rhett becomes stable, as previously Rhett grew up as a temperamental child.

"Over the last three years can not sleep, Rhett is always cranky, restless, irritable, unable to play and interact with others. In fact, not infrequently he hit us.'s Very sad," said Shannon.

Successful operation is the fruit of the struggle Shannon and David since Rhett was a baby. The couple started to listening to the disorder was due Rhett never shuts his eyes to rest. In fact, most babies sleep more than awake.

Dozens of doctors who had visited the couple that were not previously able to diagnose the disease properly. There are doctors who said Rhett has autism. But, after going through various therapies and medical tests, Rhett disease was detected.