As Ravens rookie linebacker Sergio Kindle continues to recover from a fractured skull that he suffered six days ago after supposedly falling down two flights of stairs, his former college coach reportedly said Wednesday that Kindle suffers from narcolepsy.
The Ravens have explained that Kindle fell when he turned the wrong way after waking up in the middle of the night at a friend's house.
Texas coach Mack Brown made the disclosure at the annual Big 12 media day, according to Chip Brown of Orangebloods.com, via our colleague J.T. of CFT.
And . . . so much for the HIPAA laws.
Narcolepsy and sleepwalking are two different conditions, but some
researchers believe there's a link between the two conditions, based on
our own cursory Google research, which is roughly on par with what we could do in our sleep.
Mack Brown says Sergio Kindle has narcolepsy
Posted by Mike Florio on July 28, 2010 6:25 PM ET
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narcolepsy is where you just randomly fall in to rim sleep no?
after hearing this it changes my thought on kindle, i know someone with this disorder and have seen it in action, this isn't good for kindle or the ravens, there no cure, the medicine is addictive, good luck with that.
Florio, you being a lawyer are not very bright at times. HIPAA laws are only applied to those involved in the delivery of the health care.. the doctors, nurses, hospital staff/insurance as well..
A coach or friend can spout off all they want about it.
If we took HIPAA laws in your context, each week reporters and coaches would be lining up to head to clink when doing injury reporting...
Sergio's close friends are concerned that now he'll be sent to a narcer colony somewhere in the Pacific islands.
Is that like a lethargy addiction?
This is just plain sad.
After exhaustive research scientists have isolated the prime cause of narcolepsy as "too much partying".
Perhaps this is why he fell (sorry about the pun) so far on draft day?
So...you at a friends house and you don't know your way around?Did the Ravens even know he has this?Are the Ravens stupid?
kazkal says:
"narcolepsy is where you just randomly fall in to rim sleep no?"
No. If you randomly fall into RIM sleep, it's called homolepsy.
Is that the cause of his recent accident lol?
Good thing he didn't fall down his friends stairs drunk when he had that lil' sleep over.
This post nearly made me fall asleep.
so QBs actually may catch him sleeping in coverage?
LOL. he betta hope he doesn't fall asleep around RAY RAY. lololol cause RAY RAY will STAB him!!1!!!111!!! hahaha this guy STABBED someone!!!1!!!!!
Perhaps the coach should have let NFL scouts know about this BEFORE the draft.
"Perhaps this is why he fell (sorry about the pun) so far on draft day?" -------------------- -----------------
Funny.... you're sick but funny still. So glad the Phins didn't draft him.
ItalianStallion says: July 28, 2010 6:36 PM
Is that like a lethargy addiction?
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Naw man, this shit is actually dangerous.
People who have this fall asleep all of a sudden, out of the blue, during the day.
Especially if they feel warm.
Definition from Merriam Webster
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes excessive sleepiness and frequent daytime sleep attacks. Alternative Names - Daytime sleep disorder; Cataplexy. Narcolepsy is a nervous system disorder, not a mental illness. Anxiety does not cause narcolepsy.
Experts believe that narcolepsy is caused by reduced amounts of a protein called hypocretin, which is made in the brain. What causes the brain to produce less of this protein is unclear.
Conditions that cause insomnia, such as disrupted work schedules, can make narcolepsy worse.
The most common symptoms of narcolepsy are:
Periods of extreme drowsiness every 3 to 4 hours during the day. You may feel a strong urge to sleep, often followed by a short nap (sleep attack). These periods last for about 15 minutes each, although they can be longer. They often happen after eating, but may occur while driving, talking to someone, or during other situations.
You wake up feeling refreshed.
Dream-like hallucinations may occur during the stage between sleep and wakefulness. They involve seeing or hearing, and possibly other senses.
Sleep paralysis is when you are unable to move when you first wake up. It may also happen when you first become drowsy.
Cataplexy is a sudden loss of muscle tone while awake, resulting in the inability to move. Strong emotions, such as laughter or anger, will often bring on cataplexy. Most attacks last for less than 30 seconds and can be missed. Your head will suddenly fall forward, your jaw will become slack, and your knees will buckle. In severe cases, a person may fall and stay paralyzed for as long as several minutes.
Not all patients have all four symptoms.
Well at least Sergio has an excuse for his gf if he ends up in another woman's bed. " I took a wrong turn'...hmmm...I could use this one myself.
Not good to have Sergio on the field during long snap counts....Zzzzzzzzzz
So this was not disclosed when we has being drafted? I guess new dumbass question or not Is you mom a whore, but do you have narcolepsy? Why di Crack Brown say this at Big 12 meetings and not on his trip to every ESPN show on Monday?
This sucks, hope he gets better.
BS!
Just wait until Sergio puts Big Ben, Mark Sanchez, and Carson Palmer to sleep permanently.
Based on his 2 DUIs in college, I'm guessing this incident of him making the right choice to passout on his friend's couch instead of drive home resulted in some middle of the night drunkalepsy on the way to the bathroom.
He may have narcolepsy but this whole incident stinks to high heaven. First of all, how do you fall down TWO flights of stairs?? He must have slept through the whole fall or got knocked silly at the beginning of the fall. Most flights of stairs have a section in between like a foyer area to help break a fall. Talk about accident prone. So Kindle is lying about how it happened?? The Ravens seem to think he was just lost in the house and took a wrong turn. If you can't stay awake while walking on stairs how can you stay awake on the football field? If you are awake at the time your not atheletic enough to slow your own momentum or at least guard your skull from cracking? I don't know this just smells funny to me. He has had issues with alcohol in the past I do believe.
We knew this before the draft. It is one reason the player slipped into the Second Round, along with his degenerating knee problem. I am sure glad the Patriots didn't draft him. I hope he is well, though.
So Sergio is a low-grade narcoleptic? If it's later learned that he's also a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with a penchant for buggery and that his wife was a 15-year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet then I guess we'll have no choice but to accept the fact that Sergio Kindle IS Dr. Evil's father (move pinky to side of mouth).
samari rolle had narcolepsy too he had a good career, you just have to find a way to manage it and I believe Sergio Kindle can do that and is with the right organization in order to help him with that.
duece bigalow
I guess he'd better buy a one story house.
So he could fall asleep while somebody is running the ball right at him?
Does this mean he has sex with dead people?
Wasn't that Bruce Smith's excuse?
The proper term is REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Another classic example of people spelling by what their own pronunciations sound like. Right up there with my personal favorite, "Prolly". God help us.
@rayray is soft - yeah the Ravens are real stupid. That's why they've been in the playoffs more times then not while your Foreskins and their fans have been dry humping their hands for the last decade. Live in Bmore and cheer for the Skins. All that needs to be said.......
Sometimes smoking good shit can have the same affect. It could just be some good weed hes smoking.. I wouldn't sweat it.
My money is still on him being three sheets to the wind when he bit it.
Whoa so many posts..So he doesn't sleep at night ...Lots of people have this condition but they don't fall down TWO flights of stairs. get him one of them suits that strap the arms behind and lock the door! I guess he will fit with the Ravens "when" he can take a hit to the head
Revealed prior to the draft, right?
Remember when the Steelers' Ryan Clark gave Willis McGahee narcolepsy by putting him to sleep in the '05 playoffs?
Dez Bryant should have thought of that. His Mom, too.
I'm smelling ANOTHER spin job. Narcolepsy doesn't explain WHY he fell down the stairs. Nor does narcolepsy explain how he fell down TWO flights of stairs. Maybe they could have gotten away with spinning one flight of stairs, but two? Assuming the two flights of stairs are like a normal house, there is a turn, usually a 90 degree turn, so his momentum has him going straight. How did he magically turn 90 degrees in the fall?
This narcolepsy explanation souns similar to the "exhaustion" spin jobs PR agents churn out when their celebrity clients pass out or fall down.
(Breathalyzer anyone?)
Dear Sergio,
Sorry I fell asleep last year and jumped in front of your car. The front door has Narcolepsy.
Sincerely,
The House
Occam says: July 28, 2010 6:40 PM
kazkal says:
"narcolepsy is where you just randomly fall in to rim sleep no?"
No. If you randomly fall into RIM sleep, it's called homolepsy.
I wouldn't go camping with this dude.
@Laxer37
Didn't give willis narcolepsy good hit though, but you missed, it was the 08' playoffs.
zzzzzzzz
What?
All the jokes (and most of them are actually really funny) aside--my cousin has narcolepsy and it is not a joke at all.
I learned that he had narcolepsy after the Ravens drafted him. This is old news.
I don't believe this. I think Brown is just protecting him. Everyone knows that this guy loves to drink. I don't believe he has this one bit.
Robert Irsay should be in the HOF. If it wast for fair weather Bmore fans and lack of new stadium mybe the Colts would have never left. Wonder how long till the Ravens skip town. bwaaa haahahahahaha
You people are extremely ignorant who post rude comments about this kids' future while he is still recovering. Grow up...
I assume if it's one of your brothers, sisters, mother or father, daughter or son you would not be doing so...
...how about you all just post a picture of your hospitalized family member so we can rant and rave...
Would that be considered wrong?
I'm thinking when it's time for him to buy a house, he'll go ranch style.
Ravens get an F for their draft.
During away games the opposing teams can play "Rock-a-bye-baby" in the stadium and put him out.
Umm...Bart?
So, when you're between jobs and your former boss tells your potential boss during the reference process about a medical issue you have that could potentially affect your performance (and potiential short term disability and/or insurance costs, etc.), then I guess you won't mind and/or sue when you don't get the job then huh?
It's not exactly a direct comparison, but that's why it IS a violation of HIPAA. That's also why injury reports are vague, and specific details are usually through anonymous leaks to the media or the players themselves. At that point, once it's disclosed, then anyone, including coaches, can talk about it.
THIS IS NOT HOW IT WORKS!!!
Narcolepsy does not manifest as the affected is active. It's not like the movies where you are walking, talking, etc. and you just nod off and drop into a deep sleep.
It doesn't work that way. There is NO WAY narcolepsy would kick in as Kindle was walking down a flight of stairs. His cognitive functions of his brain would override. Narcolepsy manifests in times of latency or downtime.
I could see this manifest in a team meeting, on the bus, during studying... to the point where it could hamper learning. But NOT as he is walking down stairs. It Don't work that way.
Umm...CJ?
I'm afraid you are incorrect, and Bart is absolutely right. I am currently slacking off from my office at a major Health Insurance company.. I know ALL about HIPAA law!! What I do not know about, is labor and employment law. However, I would be willing to bet that disclosing said information about a former employee to a new employer, would fall under the same laws that limit the information given to a potential new employer by a former employer, to 1.) Date of hire 2.) Rate of pay 3.) Position held. Anything beyond that opens the door for slander charges.
Now he has a built in excuse to sleep throught team meetings.
Narcolepsy, generally, also includes a sort of seizure disorder called Cataplexy. Sleepwalking is not uncommon for Narcoleptics and is also a side-effect of some of the medications. Neither condition is remotely a joke. (Unless you're Jimmy Kimmell; he also has Narcolepsy).
Players play with diabetes and a host of other, similar immuno-deficiency related diseases. This is no different. The diseases is managed, mostly, through medication. If the man can make it through college, I am confident that he can make it through a football game. That's why there are medications like Provigil.
You are all jokes!