17-Year-Old Sleeps for a Week at a Time | Nightline

17-Year-Old Sleeps for a Week at a Time | Nightline | ABC News

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Published 2011-07-14

British teenager suffers from a rare syndrome that causes her to sleep for days. Kleine-Levin Syndrome generally strikes adolescents. and causes episodes of extreme sleepiness that could last from days to weeks. During those episodes, sufferers will sleep sometimes 20 hours a day, and will wake up only to eat or go to the bathroom.
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