Joker disease that causes uncontrolled laughter, 21-year-old treated with ultrasound: 'I laughed and didn't remember it'

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Federico Orlandi's testimony: “Now I can finally laugh because I decide. I have experienced difficult times.”

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Verona, the syndrome causes uncontrolled laughter, with loss of contact with reality and epileptic seizures: the patient had been suffering from them for 2 years. “The worst episode? The 4th in a question why did I miss a laugh”

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The 21-year-old boy was suffering from gelastic epilepsy, causes uncontrollable laughter, facial twitching and memory loss, significantly complicating the daily lives of those who suffer from it. The doctor: An innovative technique

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It has a complicated name but it causes a symptom as simple as it is disruptive in daily life. It is gelastic epileptic syndrome, also known as "sardonic laughter" or "Joker disease", from the name of the film of the same name. It is a neurological disorder that causes facial spasms that lead to...