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    Ondine’s Curse – You Sleep And You Stop Breathing

    There is a medical disorder in which involuntary control over breathing is impaired and voluntary control is intact. Meaning, when the person is awake, voluntary control will take care of breathing, but when the person falls asleep, the involuntary control being impaired, the person stops breathing. This is termed as sleep apnoea or Central Hypoventilation Syndrome. It can be congenital,…

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