Predisposing Factors of Sleep Apnea
There are some common predisposing factors of sleep apnea:
- Smoking
- Platybasia
- Lymphoma
- Myxoedema
- Acromegaly
- Retrognathia
- Macroglossia
- Micrognathia
- Increasing age
- Enlarged uvula
- Nasal deformity
- Down’s syndrome
- Marfan’s syndrome
- Iatrogenic stenosis
- Scheie’s syndrome
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Pharyngeal neoplasms
- Prader-Willi syndrome
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Craniofacial disproportions
- Hypertrophic palatine tonsils
- Enlarged oropharyngeal tissue
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