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Apnea central del sueño - Symptom

Síntomas:

Las personas con apnea central del sueño tienen episodios de interrupción de la respiración durante el sueño.

Otros síntomas pueden abarcar:

Fatiga crónica
Somnolencia diurna
Dolores de cabeza matutinos
Sueño intranquilo

Se pueden presentar otros síntomas si la apnea se debe a una afección neurológica. Los síntomas dependen de la enfermedad subyacente y de qué partes del sistema nervioso haya afectado, pero pueden abarcar:

Dificultad para deglutir
Cambios en la voz
Debilidad o entumecimiento en todo el cuerpo

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico. Se harán exámenes para diagnosticar una afección subyacente. Un estudio del sueño (polisomnografía) puede confirmar la presencia de apnea del sueño.

Otros exámenes que se pueden hacer abarcan:

Ecocardiografía
Estudios de la función pulmonar
Resonancia magnética de la columna o el cuello

Reviewed last on: 8/5/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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Malhotra A. Disorders of ventilatory control. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 86.

Pien GW, Pack AI. Sleep disordered breathing. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 79.

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