The girl has to sleep with a Bi Pap machine in her nose till a permanent cure develops
Mumbai: In a first such reported case in the country, a five-year-old girl here has been found to be suffering from a rare breathing disorder — ROHHAD syndrome — for which there is no “perfect treatment”.
The girl breathes normally when awake, but either completely stops breathing or breathes irregularly while asleep, a doctor treating her said.
“The girl was first admitted to our hospital three years back for a spine tumour. She was readmitted in May 2013 when she started getting increasingly drowsy. She was discharged in October,” said Dr Mukesh Sanklecha, paediatrician at Bombay Hospital.
She was again admitted in December 2013. “This time it was detected that she was suffering from ROHHAD (Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic Dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation) syndrome. She will have to sleep with a Bi Pap machine in her nose till a permanent cure develops,” he said.
