Pickwickian syndrome also known as Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is a poor breathing condition in obese or severely overweight people which leads to a lower blood oxygen level and higher carbon dioxide blood level. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is medically defined as the combination of obesity, lower oxygen level in blood (hypoxia) when sleeping, and higher carbon dioxide levels in blood (hypercapnia) when awake or during day time, resulting to a poor breathing (hypoventilation).
People with pickwickian syndrome (Obesity hypoventilation syndrome) have a hard time when sleeping due to a frequently poor breathing condition that occurs during the sleep time (sleep apnea). Obesity hypoventilation syndrome may result many partial awakenings during sleep time, which make the person continual sleepiness during day time and make them vulnerable of having stress. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome may lead some other health related problems like heart failure and various other related health problems due to poor breathing and stress.
Studies shows that the main cause of having this obesity hypoventilation syndrome is the excessive amount of fats present in the chest muscles which make a strain on the heart, lungs, and diaphragm resulting poor breathing. The most effective treatment for this obesity hypoventilation syndrome condition is weight loss. People with obesity hypoventilation syndrome condition had a hard time losing weight, for the meantime to relieve the symptoms a positive airway pressure is being applied, it’s a medical device for respiratory ventilation it helps the patients to have more oxygen intake during sleep time.
