Cardiology · Cardiology / Pulmonary vascular disease
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
also: Pickwickian syndrome
Obesity with daytime hypercapnia and cardiac strain.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Pulmonary vascular disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Pickwickian syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Respiratory and cardiac effects of obesity.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
In plain terms, someone with Obesity hypoventilation syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Overlapping symptoms
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Cardiorenal syndrome
dyspnea, edema
2 shared
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
daytime sleepiness, morning headache
2 shared
Portopulmonary hypertension syndrome
dyspnea, edema
1 shared
Caplan syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Carcinoid heart disease
edema
1 shared
Castleman syndrome
edema
1 shared
Chilaiditi syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Delayed sleep phase syndrome
daytime sleepiness
1 shared
Eisenmenger syndrome
dyspnea
1 shared
Fat embolism syndrome
dyspnea
Shares genes with
None.
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