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 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.
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.
Moein
M
Foroughi
Tracheal Disease Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Majid
M
Malekmohammad
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.
Parisa
P
Adimi
D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D015897:Comorbidity; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*
Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Obstructive sleep apnea; Wieght loss