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font size="2"bA former chef who cooks chips and omelettes in his
sleep has spoken of his desperation to find a cure before he sets his
house on fire.b
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font size="2"Rab Wood, from Glenrothes in Fife, is worried that he could burn his house down during his sleepwalking sessions.
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font size="2"The 55-year-old, who has been sleepwalking since he was 14 years old, said it is making his life a misery.
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font size="2"His wife Eleanor said she is constantly alert at night with worry about what her husband is going to do next.
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font size="2"It has been estimated that between two and 4% of adults
in the UK sleepwalk. Experts at the Edinburgh Sleep Centre have said
that if both parents sleepwalk then their children have a 60% chance of
inheriting the disorder.
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font size="2"Children with one parent who sleepwalks have a 45%
chance of it running in their genes while there is a 22% chance if
neither parent sleepwalks.
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font size="2"Mr Wood said the problem almost led him to his death while on holiday.
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font size="2"He said: "I have had a near miss, I was on holiday in Spain and I was nine floors up in a hotel.
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font size="2""During the night I got up and started sleepwalking before trying to climb over the balcony.
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font size="2""Just as I got my leg over the banister my wife pulled me back.
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font size="2""My wife says she used to be able to sleep on a bed of
nails but since she married me she can't sleep very well, she's got to
be alert all night.
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font size="2""I can put chip pans on, I put all the lights on during the night and the TV up loud and this is all in my sleep."
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font size="2"The former chef said he can also rustle up omelettes "to perfection".
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font size="2""My wife says I should plug the Hoover in when I'm sleepwalking and do the housework."
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