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FFI: Fatal Family Insomnia

This is a news story, published by Live Science, that relates primarily to FFI news.

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Fatal familial insomnia: a genetic condition where people never sleep again

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FFI is a neurodegenerative prion disease that is caused by a mutation in a gene called PRNP .

Symptoms usually begin around 40 , but can develop as early as 20 or as late as 70.

Patients with FFI also commonly experience memory loss, high blood pressure, hallucinations and involuntary jerking of their muscles.

Patients typically die within nine to 30 months after symptoms emerge.

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.enhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25001-fatal-familial-insomniahttps://www.msdmanuals.com/home/brain-spinal-cord-and-nerve-disorders/prion-diseases/fatal-insomniahttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1781276/https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.373https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/brain-spinal-cord-and-nerve-disorders/prion-diseases/fatal-insomnia#Symptoms_v25257015https://cjdfoundation.org/fatal-familial-insomnia-ffi/https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6429/fatal-familial-insomniahttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4601344/https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/insomnia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355167#:~:text=Insomnia%20is%20a%20common%20sleep,level%20and%20affect%20your%20mood.https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fatal-familial-insomnia/https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prion-diseases

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creativecommons.orgmy.clevelandclinic.orgwww.msdmanuals.compmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govalz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comcjdfoundation.orgrarediseases.info.nih.govwww.mayoclinic.orgrarediseases.orgwww.hopkinsmedicine.org

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