eighty kilograms weight reduction in a case of obstructive sleep apnea with several comorbidities: did the conditions improve?

نویسندگان

moein foroughi department of pulmonary and sleep medicine, chronic respiratory disease research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases (nritld), shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

majid malekmohammad tracheal disease research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases (nritld), shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

parisa adimi department of pulmonary and sleep medicine, chronic respiratory disease research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases (nritld), shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

چکیده

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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acta medica iranica

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