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Ondine's curse

Ondine's curse: Introduction

Ondine's curse: A condition involving defects in the mechanism that control breathing. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Ondine's curse is available below.

Symptoms of Ondine's curse

• Night apnea
• Shallow breathing
• Brain damage
• Nocturnal hypoventilation
• Hypoxemia
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Treatments for Ondine's curse

• Patients generally require tracheotomies and lifetime mechanical ventilation on a ventilator in order to survive
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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Ondine's curse:

• Sleep Disorders: Home Testing
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Ondine's curse?

• Misdiagnosis of Ondine's curse
• Failure to diagnose Ondine's curse
• Hidden causes of Ondine's curse (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
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Ondine's curse: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Ondine's curse:

• Death during sleep
• Death due to cor pulmonale
• Death due to respiratory infection
• Death due to cardiorespiratory failure
• Death due to heart attack
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Causes of Ondine's curse

• Persons who have CCHS get it at birth, or develop it due to severe neurological trauma/damage to the brainstem. The diagnosis may be delayed because of variations in the severity of the manifestations or lack of awareness in the medical community, particularly in milder cases
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More information about causes of Ondine's curse:

• Underlying causes of Ondine's curse

Disease Topics Related To Ondine's curse

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Ondine's curse:

• Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• Respiratory arrest
• Neuroblastoma
• Hirschsprung disease
• Dysphagia
• Autonomic nervous system
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Ondine's curse

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Ondine's curse: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Ondine's curse

Medical research articles related to Ondine's curse include:

• Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Surgery
• Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (Follow-up)
• Hirschsprung's Disease: Diagnosis and Management
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (Overview)
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (Follow-up)
• more research...»

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Ondine's curse: Animations

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Prognosis for Ondine's curse

Prognosis for Ondine's curse: condition may improve with age

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Research about Ondine's curse

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Statistics for Ondine's curse

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Ondine's curse: Broader Related Topics

• Sleep conditions
• Fatigue conditions
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Types of Ondine's curse

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Definitions of Ondine's curse:

Ondine's curse is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Ondine's curse, or a subtype of Ondine's curse, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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