睡眠窒息

• Unlike the adult osas patients who are typically obese , the relation between obesity and childhood osas is not clear
  成年阻塞性睡眠窒息症患者普遍肥胖，但肥胖对儿童发病的影响至今仍然未明。
• A japanese study has shown that the severity of osa is independently related to the carotid artery wall thickness
  日本进行另一项研究，结果显示阻塞性睡眠窒息症的严重程度与颈动脉内壁厚度有直接关系。
• In light of the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity around the world , it is particularly important to determine whether obesity would predispose to osas in children
  全球肥胖儿童愈来愈多，进行有关肥胖儿童与睡眠窒息症的研究便显得重要。
• Obesity is associated with many diseases , such as high blood pressure , high blood lipid , diabetes , obstructive sleep apnea , coronary heart disease and degenerative arthritis
  肥胖会引起多种疾病，包括高血压、高血脂、糖尿病、阻塞性睡眠窒息症、冠状动脉心脏病及退化性关节炎。
• Overweight or obesity increases the risk of a range of health problems , including coronary heart disease , diabetes mellitus , some cancers , gall stone , joint disease and obstructive sleep apnoea
  过重或肥胖可引起很多健康问题，例如冠心病、糖尿病、某些癌症、胆石、关节病和梗阻性睡眠窒息。
• If you are overweight , you are more likely to have many health problems including coronary heart disease , diabetes mellitus , certain types of cancer , gallstone , joint problems and obstructive sleep apnoea
  过重或肥胖可引起很多健康问题，例如冠心病、糖尿病、某些癌症、胆石、关节病和梗阻性睡眠窒息。
• It is important that the condition is diagnosed early and accurately as if left untreated , complications such as hypertension , growth failure , poor attention span and school performance may result
  及早和准确作出诊断十分重要，阻塞性睡眠窒息症若得不到适当的治理，会引致高血压、生长缓慢及因集中力下降而致校内表现欠佳等问题。
• Cross - sectional associations from the baseline examination of the us sleep heart health study cohort have shown that osa was more strongly associated with reported stroke and heart failure than with coronary artery disease
  根据美国睡眠及心脏健康研究小组( ussleephearthealthstudy )的研究显示，阻塞性睡眠窒息症与中风和心衰竭的关系，远远高于与冠状动脉血管病的关系。
• The chinese university of hong kong advocates that doctors looking after obese children and parents are made aware of these important findings . symptoms of osas among obese children should be sought for and if present , the child should be referred to a specialized centre for further management
  中大的研究人员呼吁护理肥胖儿童的医生及其家长必须关注这个问题，若发现病童有睡眠窒息症的病徵时，须将病童转介往专科部门再作进一步的诊治。