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Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Alternate Names : Obstructive Apnea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What can be done to prevent the condition?

Weight management can prevent some cases of obstructive sleep apnea. It may be helpful for people with narrow breathing passages to have their tonsils and adenoids removed.

What are the long-term effects of the condition?

Sleep deprivation can lower a person's quality of life and increase the risk for accidents. Up to 50% of the individuals with obstructive sleep apnea have high blood pressure. They are also at increased risk for the following disorders:

  • arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm, which may be fatal
  • cor pulmonale, a condition in which the heart is so weakened that it cannot pump blood through the lungs
  • heart attack
  • pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressure in the lungs
  • right ventricular hypertrophy, or enlargement and weakening of the right side of the heart
  • stroke
  • What are the risks to others?

    Obstructive sleep apnea is not contagious and poses no risk to others.


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    Author: Jorge Allende, MD
    Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
    Date Reviewed: 07/09/01



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