Llanelli sleep expert issues warning on obesity
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Wales is facing a huge epidemic in obesity-related sleep disorders, one of the country’s leading sleep doctors has warned.
As waistlines continue to grow across the nation, medics are increasingly struggling to cope with the sheer volume of overweight patients needing treatment for disorders caused by their size.
Dr Keir Lewis, a consultant at Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli, and head of the sleep service for Hywel Da Health Board, said the number of people suffering from conditions such as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has risen dramatically in the past 10 years – putting severe strain on the NHS.
Dr Lewis, who is also a Reader in Respiratory Medicine at Swansea School of Medicine, said: “If we go back 10 years OSA wasn’t really recognised but now it’s become a huge epidemic."
Wales is facing a huge epidemic in obesity-related sleep disorders, one of the country’s leading sleep doctors has warned.
As waistlines continue to grow across the nation, medics are increasingly struggling to cope with the sheer volume of overweight patients needing treatment for disorders caused by their size.
Dr Keir Lewis, a consultant at Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli, and head of the sleep service for Hywel Da Health Board, said the number of people suffering from conditions such as obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has risen dramatically in the past 10 years – putting severe strain on the NHS.
Dr Lewis, who is also a Reader in Respiratory Medicine at Swansea School of Medicine, said: “If we go back 10 years OSA wasn’t really recognised but now it’s become a huge epidemic."
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