Eighty Kilograms Weight Reduction in a Case of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Several Comorbidities: Did the Conditions Improve?

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) together with metabolic disorders is common in severely obese patients. Weight reduction is considered as a treatment modality in these cases while few of them can succeed in considerable weight loss. Here, we present a severely obese man with body mass index of 54 suff...

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Published inActa medica Iranica Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 334 - 336
Main Authors Foroughi, Moein, Malekmohammad, Majid, Adimi, Parisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Iran Tehran University of Medical Sciences 01.05.2016
Subjects
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Comorbidity
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - etiology
Hypertension - therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity - complications
Obesity - therapy
Obstructive sleep apnea
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - therapy
Weight Loss - physiology
Wieght loss
Hypertension
Wieght loss
Obstructive sleep apnea
Diabetes mellitus
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Summary:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) together with metabolic disorders is common in severely obese patients. Weight reduction is considered as a treatment modality in these cases while few of them can succeed in considerable weight loss. Here, we present a severely obese man with body mass index of 54 suffered from OSA, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypertension. He intentionally lost 80 kilograms weight during the 2-year follow-up. Diabetes and hypertension completely resolved with considerable improvement in OSA syndrome after this huge weight reduction.
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ISSN:0044-6025
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