6The Daily Tar HeelThursday, January 26, 1989
N arco lepsy: When si eepi n
on the job is uncontrollable
By LAURA FRANCIS
Staff Writer
Most students struggle at
least once with their eye
lids during a long class .
period, trying to tame impending
exhaustion until a more appropriate
nap time arises. But others have no
control they fall asleep at random
moments.
Those with no control over their
sleeping habits may suffer from nar
colepsy, a specific genetic sleeping
disorder characterized by uncon
trollable bouts of deep sleep.
In the past, narcoleptics were not
diagnosed as such. Teachers mistook
narcoleptic students to be lazy, and
many parents wondered if their
children were taking drugs, said Bill
Baird, executive director of the
American Narcoleptic Association.
Since the late 1950s doctors and
researchers have recognized narco
lepsy as a distinct syndrome within
the broad category of sleeping
disorders.
Narcoleptics suffer from a "tetrad
of symptoms," according to Dr.
Rod Radtke, clinical director of the
Sleep Disorder Center at Duke Uni
versity. All narcoleptics experience
abnormal sleepiness.
Two-thirds to 90 percent of nar
coleptics also suffer from cataplexy,
an episodic muscle weakness precipi
tated by strong emotions.
"A narcoleptic might tell a joke,
laugh, then fall to the ground
uncontrollably,' Radtke said. "He
or she would then remain on the
ground in a state of temporary
paralysis for 30 seconds to two min
utes. Narcoleptics often find that
they must withdraw from certain
social situations."
. Some narcoleptics (less than 25
percent) suffer from "hypnagogic
hallucinations," which is vivid
dream imagery at sleep onset. These
hallucinations are "fearful, terrifying
and difficult to distinguish from
reality;" Radtke said.
Another less common symptom,
found in non-narcoleptics too, is
called sleep paralysis. "It occurs just
as the individual awakes or falls .
asleep," Radtke said. "One finds him
or herself unable to move any body
part."
. Baird said the symptoms appear
gradually. "Narcolepsy has been dis
covered in children as young as
three years of age, but it usually
develops during adolescence," he
said.
"It is a genetic disease inherited
from parents in an autosomal domi
nant fashion," said Dr. Albert Ehle,
associate professor of neurology at
the UNC School of Medicine. This
means an offspring can inherit the
disorder from one parent who car
ries the trait.
"The exact nature of the problem
isn't completely defined. Apparently
there is an imbalance of the normal
function in the area of the brain that
controls sleeping and waking," Ehle
said.
Just as the exact location of the
syndrome is unknown, the treatment
that would eliminate the disorder is
also unknown. Doctors may pre
scribe stimulants such as ampheta
mines or ritalin to keep the individ
ual awake. Or they may prescribe
antidepressants such. as imipramine
to suppress other symptoms, Radtke
said.
Doctors also are treating narco
leptics through educational
methods. Patient education helps
the narcoleptic explain his or her
disorder to family members and
friends who may perceive the prob
lem as merely motivational, Radtke
said. "The problem is not behav
ioral," Ehle said.
In the United States today
200,000 people have been diagnosed
as narcoleptic. Since no known cure
exists, over 200 narcolepsy research
centers, have been developed in this
country, Baird said. He invited
anyone interested in learning more
about narcolepsy to write him at '
ANA, 335 Quarry Road, Belmont;
Calif., 94002, or call (415) 591-7979.
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A wholesome health care a
Iternative
DTH Steven Exum
Diane Chapin performs yoga at the health center in Carr Mill Mall
By JACKI GREENBERG
Staff Writer
"TTf you're feeling tired, depressed
or basically unhealthy, and you
Ji. would rather not make a visit to
the doctor, the Community Wholis
tic Health Center (CWHC) in Car
rboro may be what you need.
The CWHC offers a wholistic
approach to health care, according
to director Cindy Alvarez. "The
term 'wholistic' refers to the relation
ship between the mind, body and
spirit, and the treatment of the per
son as a whole," she said.
"You can't find the root of a
problem if you only consider one
point of view," Alvarez said. "For
instance, there is more to a headache
than just the physical pain."
Dr. Susan DeLaney, naturopathic
physician and graduate of UNC's
nursing school, does not use drugs
to heal patients. Instead, she pre
scribes nutritional supplements, her
bal medicines and homeopathic
remedies made from minerals.
"I meet with patients for one and
a half hours on the first visit," she
said. "This helps me find the root of
the problem, and then I can treat it
accordingly." '..
DeLaney said she has treated
numerous cases of depression, as
well as asthma, migraine headaches,
arthritis, common colds, backaches
and many other physical ailments.
"Unfortunately, most people in
this country don't realize that there
are alternatives to traditional health
care," DeLaney said. "At certain
times, drugs are important, but they
are not a cure-all."
Dr. Richard Baker provides pri
mary medical care at CWHC.
Baker, also a physician and profes
sor at the UNC department of fam
ily practice, performs physical
exams and check-ups and will pres
cribe drugs when necessary.
The center has 10 practitioners,
including DeLaney-and Baker,
nurses, psychotherapists and mas
sage therapists. CWHC also offers
about 30 different classes designed
to improve mental and physical
health.
Joan Worth, a Chapel Hill resi
dent, has used the CWHC since
1984. "I have learned yoga, massage
and meditation techniques to reduce
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Extra hours for stockroom inven tory will be
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stress and get rid of headaches and
cramps," she said. "I don't take
drugs unless there is no alternative."
Worth said she believes students
would be interested in many of the
CWHC's classes and services. "Stu
dents, in general, are under a lot of
pressure and are not taking very
good care of themselves," she said.
"They have the opportunity to learn
healthy methods of stress reduction
and set patterns at a young age."
Alvarez said students may be par
ticularly interested in CWHC's
classes in yoga and T'ai Chi Chian,
both forms of slow, controlled exer
cise which help people look inward.
Other offerings include courses in
massage therapy, fitness and build
ing healthy relationships.
Psychiatric counseling is also
available at CWHC. Sex counseling,
hypnosis, AIDS and women's issues
are some specialties of CWHC's
psychotherapists.
"We are the only health center in
the area which offers educational
services and health care under the
same roof," Alvarez said. "The cen
ter will appeal to students who want
an alternative to Student Health and
traditional health care."
DeLaney said the CWHC helps
people make diet and lifestyle
changes. "I teach patients how to
care for themselves before they get.
sick," she said. "It is the individual's
responsibility to keep healthy and
make the necessary changes."
For more information on the
Community Wholistic Health Cen
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Union Cabaret season to offer
h o urs of d i ve rse e ntertainment
By JESSICA YATES
SMWriter f .r
A variety of entertainment will be
featured at the Union Cabaret this
spring, including a cappella singing,
psychedelic rock, blues, jazz, poetry,
dances, drama and, of course, talent
night.
A dance will be held every Friday
night at 9:30 p.m. starting Jan. 27
and running through Feb. 17. This
event, as well as many of the others,
are free of charge, with the most
expensive of the exceptions costing
$3. The line-up for the next two
months is:
b Jan. 26 Liquid Sound, psych
edelic rock, 9 p.m.. $2 for admission;
D Jan. 28 The Good Neighbors,
jazz, 9 p.m., $1 admission;
D Feb. 1 Alpha Kappa Alpha
Musical Tribute to Black History, 8
p.m., free;
D Feb. 2 The UNC Clef Hangers
with the St. Mary's Cold Cuts, a
cappella ' singing, 8 p.m., $1
admission;
D Feb. 4 Roily Gray & Sunfire,
reggae, 9 p.m., $2 admission;
B Feb. 8 Singing the Blues with
Sleepy Tom and Alex Weiss, 8 p.m.,
free;
B Feb. 9 The UNC Jazz Ensem
ble, 8 p.m., free;
Feb. 1 1 Dillon Fence, rock,
9 p.m., $2 admission;
B Feb. 15 Sarah Levin & Jamie
Block, acoustic guitar and vocals, 8
p.m., free;
B Feb. 16 Poetry reading with
All' Arte & Cellar Door, 8 p.m., free;
B Feb. 1 8 f- Talent Night at the
Cabaret, 8 p.m., free; -v - -
B Feb. 22-26 "Sister Mary
Ignatius Explains It All For You,"
with Martha Nell Hardy, $3 admis
sion for students, $5 admission for
general public;
B Mar. 1 Tristan Bishop &
Friends, rock and musical variety, 7
p.m., free;
B Mar. 2 Nikki Meets the
Hibachi, acoustic guitar and vocals,
8 p.m., free;
a Mar. .3 1970s Dance, 9 p.m.,
free; and :
B Mar. 4 Jim Ketch Quartet,
jazz, 9 p.m., $1 admission.
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N.C. earthquakes not unusual
From Associated Press reports in recent years have done little more
Earthquakes are an infrequent but than startle unsuspecting residents. '
not unusual occurrence in the North "ThereVe been some minor ones
Carolina mountains, but the quakes where the earth shakes and you think
it s a plane going over, said Jenny
Buchenberg of Hendersonville.
"There have been some of those every
year or two."
The biggest quake she remembers
was one in the late 1970s that caused
lights to flicker in her office anH
knocked three pictures onto the floor
of her home. "
The North Carolina mountains,
where nearly all of the state's earth
quakes occur, are part of the South
ern Appalachian Seismic Zone, -a
northeast to southwest strip that
includes parts of western North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
Georgia, northern Alabama, eastern
Tennessee and Kentucky and south
ern West Virginia. .
Seismologists, scientists who study
quakes, tie them to events that
occurred 350 million years ago when
Africa and North America, bumped
into each other.
That created the Blue Ridge Moun
tains and left a horizonal fault, or
fracture, under the mountains that
seismologists believe is responsible
for minor tremors that occur several
times a year in parts of the eight
states, said Christine Powell, a
seismologist at UNC.
Between September 1981 and
March 1987, the Center for EarthJ
quake Research and Information in
Memphis, Tenn., recorded 21 quakes
in western North Carolina. Only threp
of those were strong enough to bp
feit.
"Because the build-up of strain
must be relieved, it's always relieve
along the weakest points of the crust",
and those are the fault zones," Powe
said in an interview published Monj
day in the Greensboro News 4
Record.
Seismologists debate how far east
the horizonal fault extends. Some,
including Powell, believe it stops
before it gets as far east as Greens
boro.. Others believe it continues on
to the Atlantic Ocean.