Mystery: The Sleeping Sickness That Lasts for Weeks
Mystery: The Sleeping Sickness That Lasts for Weeks – For the last two years the residents of a village in Northern Kazakhstan have been falling into unexplained bouts of sleep – sometimes for weeks at a time.
And if that’s not bad enough, they’ve also been suffering from persistent headaches, dizziness, nausea and memory losses. Almost a third of the population has been affected so far, but no one has been able to figure out why.
Doctors and scientists tested the area for increased levels of radiation, carbon monoxide, radon and a build up of heavy metal salts which can be toxic. But so far, nothing could explain the sleeping sickness.
The ailment first struck in the village in the spring of 2013 and has affected over 120 residents – around a quarter of Kalachi’s population. The latest two incidents – which hit on 1 March – have increased the total number of cases to 152. Some, like Kazachenko, have been struck more than once. Many residents think that the source of the problem is the disused Soviet-era uranium mine on the village’s doorstep.
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