Terrifying genetic disease causes entire families to never sleep again | 60 Minutes Australia

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Published 2019-10-02

We all know what it's like to have a bad night's sleep, tossing and turning for hours and facing the next day tired and cranky. Well imagine the nightmare of waking up but never getting back to sleep ever again. Subscribe here: 9Soci.al/chmP50wA97J
That's the cruel reality for a handful of families throughout the world. Fatal Familial Insomnia is an extremely rare and debilitating brain disease with no treatment and no cure. It steals your sleep, your mind, your motor skills and ultimately your life. For Queensland brother and sister, Hayley and Lachlan Webb, this terrifying disease could strike at any time - a family curse that they are determined to break.

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