How Does Weight Loss Resolve Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

It has been a well known fact that obstructive sleep apnea severity is directly correlated with weight gain or loss in adults. It's also why physicians often recommend weight loss as one of the ways to resolve obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). What has been less clear is exactly how weight influences sleep apnea until researchers at Univ of Pennsylvania examined the upper airway with MRI scans before and after weight loss. It is tongue fat!!! Researchers recruited 67 adult individuals…

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Weight Loss After Tonsillectomy in Adults

An adult undergoing tonsillectomy experiences some of the worst pain they could potentially encounter in their lifetime. Not only that, it may last up to 3 weeks. With such pain, it is not surprising that dehydration is one of the most common risks of this surgery. Along with such pain, weight loss is a not unexpected occurrence given oral intake substantially decreases for such a long time. Typically, I've told patients around a 10 pound weight loss is not unusual, but that's just…

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Dangerous Tongue Patch Procedure for Weight Loss

Image from Wikipedia There is a clinic in Beverly Hills who has been offering a risky "tongue patch" procedure in order to achieve weight loss of about 30 pounds in a single month. Although this clinic is currently the only one providing this "service" in the United States, it has been performed in Venezuela for quite some time. In essence, a mesh made of marlex typically used for hernia repair is surgically sutured to the back area of the tongue and left in place for…

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