An extremely rare illness that causes sufferers to sleep for up to 22 hours a day has afflicted a young woman from Stockport, Greater Manchester. During episodes which can last weeks at a time, Beth Goodier is awake for only two hours each day. The 20-year-old suffers from Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS), also known as ‘Sleeping Beauty’ syndrome. “I spend half of my life in bed,” Goodier said on BBC Breakfast on Monday. “The onset for most people is adolescence, when you are at college, university, getting a job, finding out who you are.
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