Sleeping Sickness Emerged in World War I

That wreaks havoc on people, prevents them from even standing How could this disease lead to death?

Turning everyone into a statue treatment of this disease It was not possible…

This mysterious and frightening disease threatened the lives of millions of people during World War I.

This disease, which emerged in the chaos of war, It forced people to remain inactive. Although no one understood what was happening at first, the soldiers’ complaints of laziness and insomnia, especially in the Paris Hospital, became a harbinger of this disease.

People were suddenly struck with headaches and fatigue. Ensuing There was also insomnia and inactivity. While doctors were investigating the cause, they thought it was due to the chemical weapons used by the Germans, but at that time the Spanish flu craze had prevented sleeping sickness.

In 1917, Austrian Doctor Constantin Von Economo shed light on the symptoms of the disease by giving a report.

According to the report Sleeping sickness begins with fatigue and drowsiness; Then it prevented movement, just like a statue. A few years after this report, this disease spread like a plague and started to be seen in two out of every three people.

Contrary to popular belief, patients They become aware of what’s going on around them but they could not develop any reaction to this situation. In particular, the symptoms were not the same for everyone. When divided into groups, the first group is those who are constantly asleep, the second group is those who cannot sleep, and the third group is those who remain like statues.

Between 1915 and 1940, people from many countries in Europe and America caught this disease.

40% of patients die in their sleep, 25% lay motionless as if in a vegetative stateIt is known that the rest can recover. It is known that the disease ended exactly 10 years after the first case.

So what caused this disease? In fact, the answer to this question is not clear even today. It was observed that there were formal and color changes in the examined brains of the patients. This is the disease It has a neurological and physical effect It meant.

Although it was initially thought to be bacterial or genetic, this theory was easily disproven.

Because the disease spread everywhere over time, He exploded all the doctors’ theories in his hands. No results were obtained from experiments on animals regarding the disease. Therefore, what triggers the disease and how it is transmitted is still a mystery.

Due to changes in the brain, the disease Parkinson’s drugs were tried on patients thinking they had something similar to Parkinson’s.It has been observed that many drugs are effective on people who have been sleeping for years.

Today, this disease, which emerged many years ago, is in medical history continues to maintain its mystery.

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