Case ReportSleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, and Hypothyroidism
作者:
PETER VANDYCK,
ROBERT CHANDBAND,
BASHIR CHAUDHARY,
MAX STACHURA,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 298,
issue 2
页码: 119-122
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 1989
出版商: OVID
关键词: Hypothyroidism;Sleep Apnea;Sleep Architecture;Ventilatory Control
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The symptoms of hypothyroidism are protean and include apathy, somnolence, lethargy, personality change, and intellectual deterioration. Many of these symptoms may be related to hypothyroid-induced sleep disorders. Hypothyroidism is associated with abnormal ventilatory drive, abnormal sleep architecture, and sleep apnea. Central, obstructive, and mixed patterns of sleep apnea are commonly observed in hypothyroidism. A case of severe sleep apnea in a grossly myxedematous patient who improved dramatically following thyroid replacement alone is presented. Myxedema is a reversible cause of sleep apnea, and thyroid function testing should be considered in its diagnostic work-up.
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