What a person who sleeps 300 days a year looks like: this rare disease is very dangerous
In 2000, a native of India named Purkharam, who was then 19 years old, was diagnosed with a rare chronic neurological disorder called hypersomnia.
This disease had a serious impact on the guy’s life. After all, because of him, he constantly falls into a dream, and it is almost impossible to wake him up. Now Purkharam is 42 years old, and his sleep time is increasing and increasing every year, reaching almost a month already.
“At first he slept for five to seven days in a row. This worried us and we sought medical help. It turned out that this disease is incurable. Gradually, his condition worsened, and sleep periods increased to 20-25 days a month, ”the man’s relatives told India Today.
Despite his illness, the Indian keeps a small shop. True, he can manage it on the strength of five days a month. Often a man falls asleep right at work, and when he wakes up he finds a stack of newspapers on the threshold. Only in this way does he understand how much time it took him to sleep.
While Purkharam is sleeping, his relatives come to feed and wash him. Surprisingly, even these actions are not able to wake a man.
For his illness, Purkharam takes medicine, but there is practically no sense from them.
The Indian still falls asleep, and on the days when he is awake, he experiences fatigue and headaches.
Despite the fact that the disease is incurable, his mother and wife do not lose hope that someday Purkharam will begin to live a normal life.
