The nurse explains that clients with narcolepsy often also experience cataplexy, which is a/an
a. inability to move for several minutes on awakening.
b. seizure-like episode with tonic and clonic movements.
c. sudden loss of muscle tone that lasts for several minutes.
d. trance-like period of 5 minutes or more.
C
Many narcoleptic clients also experience cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle tone at times of un-expected emotion (e.g., fright).
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