Narcolepsy and Aeronautical Aptitude: A Case Study
Houda Echchachoui *
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Zakaria Iloughmane
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Meryem Zerrik
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Sidi Ahmed El Khakifa
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Mouna El Ghazi
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Fahd Bennani Smires
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Amal Satté
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco and Neurophysiology Center, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohamed Chemsi
Aeromedical Expertise Center, Instruction Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco and Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Narcolepsy is a rare chronic neurological hypersomnia, differentiated into two independent nosological entities: Type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy. Through clinical observation, the authors recall the diagnostic criteria of narcolepsy and the role of the aeronautical physician in the screening of this pathology.
Keywords: Narcolepsy, disorders of excessive somnolence, aviation medicine, fitness