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Re: c-pap newbie & rapid weight gain?

Posted by tomjax on February 20, 2006 at 08:29:33:

In Reply to: Re: c-pap newbie & rapid weight gain? posted by D.H. on February 20, 2006 at 04:59:22:

I was unaware that treating OSA effectively treats diabetes.
Can you provide documentation that this can happen or has ever happened or the basis for such a hypothesis?

What possible mechanism could be at work here unless there was a very big weight loss which would be a separate issue.

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