Friday, May 21, 2010

Medical Condition:sleep apnea


Being that Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduce life expectancy and or increase health problems. It increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep,which is a sleep apnea caused by obstruction of the airway,pausing in the breathing during sleep, they last long enough that one or more breaths are missed and can occur repeatedly throughout sleeping, breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow, despite the effort to breath, and being obese can have major causes on this problem with heaviness at the face and neck. Certain types of cancer such as colon, breast, endometrium(lining of the uterus), kidney, and esophagus, another medical condition is osteoarthritis the most common joint disorder with symptoms in the hands,knees, hips, back and neck. Being overweightt increases the loads placed on the joints such as the knee which increases stress are included also.

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