Losing weight from your tongue could help improve sleep apnea | Malay Mail

Fatty tongues are apparently one factor that could impact sleep apnea. — AFP pic

Carried out by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the new small-scale study looked at 67 participants with mild to severe obstructive sleep apnea who were also obese—defined as having a body mass index higher than 30. The researchers also found that losing weight led to reduced volumes in the pterygoid and pharyngeal lateral wall , which helped improve sleep apnea.

“Most clinicians, and even experts in the sleep apnea world, have not typically focused on fat in the tongue for treating sleep apnea,” said Richard Schwab, MD, chief of Sleep Medicine. “Now that we know tongue fat is a risk factor and that sleep apnea improves when tongue fat is reduced, we have established a unique therapeutic target that we’ve never had before.”

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