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#391680 - 08/09/14 05:22 AM
Re: Major throat surgery
[Re: sparky589]
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Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15576
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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That's a nasty piece of surgery, Sparky. It will take quite a while to heal, and you may experience some voice changes, but hopefully, they will not be significant. Get well soon. Tony, sleep apnea is more often than not related to obesity, but not always. With obese individuals, the soft pallet and surrounding tissue tend to drift down over the glottis when the patient falls asleep. This causes the cessation of breathing until the patient becomes aware of the oxygen deprivation and awakens, often gasping for breath. Not all sleep apnea patients, however, are obese. Some are normal weight, but still have more uvula and soft pallet tissue than normal, thereby causing the sleep apnea problem. In rare cases, the apnea is so severe it requires surgical intervention to prevent heart damage. Gary
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