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Sheila Kun Nurse Case Manager Pediatric Pulminology CCHS Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) or primary alveolar hypoventilation, is a respiratory disorder that is fatal if untreated. Persons afflicted with Ondine s curse classically suffer from respiratory arrest during sleep. 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 beca