An increase in nightmares and hallucinations – or 'daymares' – could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, say an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and King's College London.
May 21 2024University of Cambridge An increase in nightmares and hallucinations – or 'daymares' – could herald the onset of autoimmune disease s such as lupus, say an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and King's College London.
In the study, the team also asked patients about the timing of 29 neurological and mental health symptoms . In interviews, patients were also asked if they could list the order that symptoms usually occurred when their disease was flaring. One patient from Ireland described their nightmares as: "Horrific, like murders, like skin coming off people, horrific…I think it's like when I'm overwhelmed which could be the lupus being bad…So I think the more stress my body is under then the more vivid and bad the dreaming would be."
Patients experiencing hallucinations were reluctant to share their experiences, and many specialists said they had never considered nightmares and hallucinations as being related to disease flares. Most said they would talk to their patients about nightmares and hallucinations in future, agreeing that recognizing these early flare symptoms may provide an 'early warning system' enabling them to improve care and even reduce clinic times by averting flares at any earlier stage.
Related StoriesSenior study author Professor David D'Cruz from Kings College London said: "For many years, I have discussed nightmares with my lupus patients and thought that there was a link with their disease activity. This research provides evidence of this, and we are strongly encouraging more doctors to ask about nightmares and other neuropsychiatric symptoms – thought to be unusual, but actually very common in systemic autoimmunity – to help us detect disease flares earlier.
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