{"title":"Narcolepsy in early childhood: a case report and a Mini review.","authors":"Guorui Liu, Guanxiong Li, Yihao Wang, Ming Yin, Wen Pan, Yu Zhao, Shigeng Gao, Peiqi Shi, Jing Wen, Xiao Pan, Yajing Wang, Yanfei Zhang","doi":"10.3389/fped.2024.1475029","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Narcolepsy is a sleep-wake disorder with an onset commonly seen in individuals aged 10-30 years. Due to various reasons, the diagnosis of narcolepsy often experiences a delay of at least ten years. Diagnosing narcolepsy in children is particularly challenging due to atypical symptoms, leading to frequent misdiagnosis or missed diagnoses. We report a case of narcolepsy in a four-year-old girl to provide insights into the early diagnosis and treatment of narcolepsy in children. As a chronic condition, narcolepsy can lead to decreased quality of life, including psychological issues such as depression and anxiety. Furthermore, there are few randomized controlled trials involving pediatric narcolepsy patients. To provide a comprehensive treatment approach for pediatric narcolepsy, we review the current progress in the treatment of narcolepsy in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":12637,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Pediatrics","volume":"12 ","pages":"1475029"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11747276/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Frontiers in Pediatrics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1475029","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Narcolepsy is a sleep-wake disorder with an onset commonly seen in individuals aged 10-30 years. Due to various reasons, the diagnosis of narcolepsy often experiences a delay of at least ten years. Diagnosing narcolepsy in children is particularly challenging due to atypical symptoms, leading to frequent misdiagnosis or missed diagnoses. We report a case of narcolepsy in a four-year-old girl to provide insights into the early diagnosis and treatment of narcolepsy in children. As a chronic condition, narcolepsy can lead to decreased quality of life, including psychological issues such as depression and anxiety. Furthermore, there are few randomized controlled trials involving pediatric narcolepsy patients. To provide a comprehensive treatment approach for pediatric narcolepsy, we review the current progress in the treatment of narcolepsy in children.
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Frontiers in Pediatrics (Impact Factor 2.33) publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research broadly across the field, from basic to clinical research that meets ongoing challenges in pediatric patient care and child health. Field Chief Editors Arjan Te Pas at Leiden University and Michael L. Moritz at the Children''s Hospital of Pittsburgh are supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide.
Frontiers in Pediatrics also features Research Topics, Frontiers special theme-focused issues managed by Guest Associate Editors, addressing important areas in pediatrics. In this fashion, Frontiers serves as an outlet to publish the broadest aspects of pediatrics in both basic and clinical research, including high-quality reviews, case reports, editorials and commentaries related to all aspects of pediatrics.
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