Obeobesity and sleep disorders

Abstract

Nowadays we are all faced with the fact that obesity represents world wide epidemiologic problem, getting greater and greater In time. Unfortunately implications that obesity exhibits on respiratory system are often underlined. In that context, this article will be pointing out mechanical effects of the obesity on physiology of the lungs, as well as the impact of the fat tissue as endocrine organ in inducing systemic inflammatory reaction and its role in central breathing control. Obesity plays key control in development of the obstructive sleep apnea and obstructive hypoventilation syndrome. Obtaining better understanding of the effects that obesity exhibits on the respiratory diseases and obtaining adequate measures of health care is of the vital importance in prevention this increasingly important problem.

Keywords

• obesity
• impaired breathing
• sleep