Student With ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Syndrome Naps for Weeks at a Time

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3/26/2019|Updated: 3/26/2019

A woman from Leicester suffering from a one-in-a-million “sleeping beauty syndrome” can sleep for up to 22 hours a day, waking in a dream-like state for two hours to eat, drink and go to the toilet.

Rhoda Rodriguez-Diaz, 21, is a psychology student who was diagnosed by doctors in September last year with Kleine-Levin Syndrome, reported the Daily Mail.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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