Syndrome, congenital central hypoventilation (CCHS)

Syndrome, congenital central hypoventilation (CCHS)
Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which operates during waking hours is generally intact. There can also problems with the motility of the esophagus and the colon. Reduced esophageal motility causes food to move too slowly down to the stomach. Reduced motility of the colon produces a condition called Hirschsprung disease (megacolon) with severe constipation and even obstruction. The heart rate may be abnormally slow. Some patients have down slanting eyes, a small nose, a triangular-shape mouth, and ears that are low-set and backwards rotated. The names for this disease include congenital central hypoventilation syndrome with Hirschsprung disease, congenital failure of autonomic control, idiopathic central alveolar hypoventilation, central sleep apnea with severe hypoventilation, and Ondine's curse. Ondine (Undine) was a female water sprite who loved a knight but was condemned to stay awake in order to breathe.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary

  • CCHS — is an abbreviation that may refer to:chools*Central Catholic High School (Allentown, Pennsylvania) *Camden Catholic High School (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) *Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, California) *Catholic Central High School… …   Wikipedia

  • CCHS — congenital central hypoventilation syndrome; Copenhagen City Heart Study * * * congenital central hypoventilation syndrome …   Medical dictionary

  • CCHS — • congenital central hypoventilation syndrome; • Copenhagen City Heart Study …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • Hypoventilation — SignSymptom infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 29214 ICD10 = ICD10|R|06|8|r|00 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3470 MeshID = D007040 In medicine, hypoventilation (also known as respiratory… …   Wikipedia

  • Ondine's curse — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G47.3 ICD 9 348.8 …   Wikipedia

  • Синдром РОХХАД — Синдром РОХХАД  очень редкое заболевание, поразившее около 75 человек по всему миру. Представляет собой внезапное ожирение, вызванное дисфункцией гипоталамуса, гиповентиляцией легких и автономной дисрегуляцией (Rapid onset Obesity with… …   Википедия

  • Undine (alchemy) — Ondine Ondine with harp by Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler (1855) Creature Grouping Mythological Su …   Wikipedia

  • Curse, Ondine's — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary

  • Ondine's curse — Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which… …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”