Other risk factors and causes of narcolepsy with cataplexy include: traumatic head or brain injuries, tumors or growths near areas of your brain that control sleep, autoimmune conditions, which may cause your immune system to attack the brain cells that contain hypocretin, infections, such as swine flu (H1N1 virus), as well as getting injected with the vaccine for H1N1 virus
[Cataplexy risk factors: Reading the article note that brain cells containing hypocretin are attacked due to induced autoimune disorder](https://www.healthline.com/health/cataplexy#risk-factors)
Other risk factors and causes of narcolepsy with cataplexy include:
traumatic head or brain injuries, tumors or growths near areas of your brain that control sleep, autoimmune conditions, which may cause your immune system to attack the brain cells that contain hypocretin, infections, such as swine flu (H1N1 virus), as well as getting injected with the vaccine for H1N1 virus
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