Posted by sdb on February 19, 2007, at 14:52:00
In reply to Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), posted by FredPotter on February 18, 2007, at 16:00:42
> I wonder how many of us have this. I'm told I snore and stop breathing during the night. It's the most likely explanation for day-time sleepiness. If you've never had this it may sound unimportant, but it makes life desparately difficult. OSA is very common, particularly in people over 50, and is said to cause all sorts of things, eg depression. So my question is: is poor sleep, perhaps caused by OSA, the cause of some of our symptoms? Or is poor sleep the result of anxiety and depression? Maddeningly OSA seems to correlate strongly with insomnia
> FredHi Fred,
If you think you have a OSAHS (HS = hypopnoe syndrom) I would discuss that with your doctor. If you awake during sleep and think that you have a fragmented sleep-awake rythm
these are symptoms for OSAHS. If your smoking or you're obese try to stop this. OSAHS can cause a cor pulmonale (right heart failure) and a circulus vitiosus which can be progressing a do harm to you. Of course there are treatments for that discuss that with your doc and google, collect information in the internet.http://www.healthcentral.com/common/includes/tip_sleep.html
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