Medical Advice Monday: DANG

Disney Associated Narcolepsy Grievance (DANG)

Disney Associated Narcolepsy Grievance affects children worldwide upon their visit to Di$ney World or other Di$ney franchise theme parks.

Epidemiology: DANG usually affects the youngest sibling in a family who is often forced to come along, thereby missing critical naps that maintain their good humor and well-being. There is no gender predilection, and DANG is more likely in families where sleep affinity (and ability to sleep in stark conditions like sitting up at 90 degrees on a wrought-iron chair) runs high. (See: The Sleep Gene.)

Thanks for bringing me all the way to Florida.

Pathophysiology: The combination of extreme stimulation (e.g. It's a Small World five times in row since Peter Pan's Flying Adventure was apparently too dark and scary and there were Fast Pass tickets to burn) and lack of naps and the abundance of many abnormally happy "Disney castmembers" leads to the inevitable.

Please let me sleep in a crib or other legitimate sleep surface

Therapeutic interventions: None, DANG is self-limited and gradually reverses with removal of offending stimuli.

Special public health advisory: Despite the relatively benign self-limited course of DANG, it unfortunately can, in certain severe cases, spread beyond the index case. The best defense is to be prepared for a group narcoleptic event.

Index case wipes out an entire plane except for the flight crew.

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Collectingtokens.wordpress.com]

Oh, how I've missed Medical Advice Mondays! What a treat (and shock) to see one pop up in my reader!

So glad that the flight crew was spared the effects of DANG in the first photo.

This was too funny. Also very cute.

[KC]

Alejna- TSS = Typepad Shock Syndrome. Shock that ensues when not-quite-dead blog burps out a new post. It lives! (or is that just the last agonal post?) Only time will tell. :)

[Introvertster]

Group narcoleptic event! Love that pic. DANG is serious; thank you for educating the public to this health risk.

[Kyla]

I love it! (and so glad to see you in my reader!)

[Gwen]

Heading to Disney in the fall and will be on the lookout! Welcome Back ;)

[KC]

Introvertster - I would not be upholding my ethical duties if I did not spread the word. Word.

Kyla - Things that are rare are enjoyed more, right?

Gwen - Thanks for the inspiration...Boy keeps asking me when we're going back. I asked him whether he'd rather attend college or go to DW again. Jerry Seinfeld's dad was totally right.