Encyclopedia: Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
The obesity hypoventilation syndrome, also known as Pickwickian syndrome, is the combination of obesity , falling oxygen levels in blood during sleep and increasing carbon dioxide levels ; this is the result of hypoventilation during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea is often but not necessarily present. It may cause dyspnea , poor sleep with daytime tiredness, leg swelling and various other symptoms. The main treatments are weight loss and nocturnal ventilation...
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-disordered breathing include obesity hypoventilation syndrome, central... I have UARS upper airway respiratory syndrome. I don't get low oxygen but I wake up ...
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