Sleeping for long periods is relative. It is not possible to determine the number of hours of sleep required for each person in order to get his body rest necessary, as well as the need to know the state of health physically and psychologically of the person who sleeps for long times. There are several factors that may significantly affect the rate of human sleep, one of the most important of these factors is the age of the individual, as sleep in the periods of puberty and adolescence is the rate of increase for adults, and in menopause, Sleep is less than usual and intermittent.
In general, prolonged sleep is one of the sleep disorders that can be eliminated and treated, only in the absence of so-called sleep sickness. And there are many diseases that can cause excessive sleep, as well as misconduct in food, drink and sleep can lead to increased sleep due to weakness of the body and lack of calories, it is also noted that in the winter period sleeps a longer rate than in the summer, Especially in cold places. And the most important reasons that lead to sleep a lot of exposure to stress and anxiety and depression, and those psychological stress lead to stress of the nervous system in humans, the body takes a defensive position to maintain the nervous system and relief from stress and tension and irregularity of hormone secretion Naturally, so he resorts to sleep as a safe solution to all those problems.
As for sleeping sickness is a state of intense desire to sleep during the day, and accompanied by the desire to lose the ability to control the muscles of the body, and called the case of drowsiness, where the person feels that he was close to fainting, or fell heavily, Reality suddenly went to sleep. Symptoms of the disease appear between the ages of thirteen and twenty-two years. It is a genetic medical condition, and is diagnosed by measuring brain waves. Since it is hereditary, it has no specific treatment. However, there are several treatments that relieve the symptoms of the disease, but have long-term side effects.