The Potential Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea that may be a major contributor to AFib disease progression
CardioSleepSolutions.com Mechanical Stretch due to negative Intra-Thoracic Pressure Obstructive Sleep Apnea is defined as a physiological event that happens when upper airway is partially or completely blocked during sleep. Mostly, as a result of collapsed soft tissue in the throat while lying on your back. This makes your diaphragm and chest muscles work harder to open the obstructed airway and pull air into the lungs. As the obstruction persists, significant negative pressure is developed in the inner space of the thorax. Breathing usually resumes when the sympathetic nerve system is activated, regaining control over the throat muscles and reopening the airways – …
How treating sleep may ease all forms of autism
BY SHAFALI JESTE / 31 OCTOBER 2017 | SpectrumNews.org In a clinic I run at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), I see children who have various genetic syndromes associated with autism. These children have a wide range of features, including intellectual disability, language problems and seizures. But they have one thing in common: poor sleep. The inability to fall or stay asleep, called insomnia, can have far-reaching consequences. Sleep helps us to consolidate memories, learn and grow. Insomnia can aggravate cognitive and social and communication problems, behavioral challenges and anxiety; it can also exacerbate seizures. Behavioral interventions and medications can help …
13 Weird Reasons Why You’re Still Tired When You Wake Up, According To Science
ByCAROLYN STEBER If morning grogginess and daytime exhaustion has become your MO, you’ll probably want to start figuring out why you’re still tired when you wake up. It may not seem like a big deal — I mean, everyone’s tired, right? But since your sleep directly impacts everything else you do, getting to the bottom of the issue can mean improving the rest of your life. As Dr. David Edelson, the medical director of HealthBridge Sleep Medicine tells me, some side effects of lack of sleep include daytime fatigue, poor job performance, hypertension, depression, anxiety, and an increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, among other …
Snoring, Sleep Apnea Linked to Memory Loss
THU, APR 16 A new study finds heavy snorers and sleep apnea sufferers show signs of memory loss or dementia 10 years earlier than those who slept well. …
Could This Common Sleep Condition Be Affecting Your Sex Life?
Dr Lewis Ehrlich | whimn.com.au Read this before bed tonight. Sleep is arguably the most important part of your day. It not only helps to restore and maintain our immune, skeletal, muscular and nervous systems but maintains our mental performance, mood, memory and even sexual health. With the over-stimulating rigours of day-to-day activities, poor lifestyle choices (we see you third coffee), deadlines, and our obsession with technology (hello, Instagram), it seems harder and harder to clock eight hours. But beyond environmental factors, there’s a host of medical conditions that can affect our sleep. The most common? Obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep what now? Obstructive sleep …
Sleep Apnea
By BROOKE HILDEBRAND CLUBBS • OCT 18, 2017 | KRCU.org We often think of snoring as annoying or embarrassing, but we don’t usually think of it as deadly. However, it can be a symptom of sleep apnea, an involuntary cessation of breathing that occurs while the patient is asleep. Left untreated, sleep apnea can have serious and life-shortening consequences: high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, automobile accidents caused by falling asleep at the wheel, diabetes, and depression.. The University of Wisconsin found over an 18-year period, people with severe, untreated sleep apnea died a rate more than three times that of …
AASM: Position Statement on Home Sleep Apnea Testing
October 16, 2017 | EMPR.com The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has published a new position statement on the clinical use of a home sleep apnea test (HSAT) in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. HSATs are ordered by healthcare providers to help diagnosis obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults. If left untreated, OSA can increase the risk of hypertension, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and stroke. The AASM states that polysomnography is the standard medical test to diagnose OSA when it is suspected in adults. On the other hand, an HSAT serves as an alternate clinical test to diagnose …
Study of the clinical and functional characteristics of asthmatic children with obstructive sleep apnea
DovePress.com Authors Nguyen-Hoang Y, Nguyen-Thi-Dieu T, Duong-Quy S Received 22 July 2017 Accepted for publication 3 September 2017 Published 12 October 2017 Volume 2017:10 Pages 285—292 DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S147005 Checked for plagiarism Yes Review by Single-blind Peer reviewers approved by Dr Amy Norman Peer reviewer comments 2 Editor who approved publication: Dr Amrita Dosanjh Yen Nguyen-Hoang,1 Thuy Nguyen-Thi-Dieu,2 Sy Duong-Quy3–5 1Department of Pediatrics, Phu Tho General Hospital, Phu Tho Province, 2Department of Pediatrics, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, 3Biomedical Research Center, Lam Dong Medical College, Dalat, Vietnam; 4Department of Physiology and Lung Function Testing, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France; 5Division of Asthma and Immuno-Allergology, Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Medical College, Hershey, PA, USA Background and objective: The …
4 Beyond snoring: Sleep apnea has dangerous consequences
Ginny Sugimoto, MD, Special to the Kitsap SunPublished 1:52 p.m. PT Oct. 11, 2017 Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a major health problem with potentially dangerous consequences. For instance, truck drivers with this sleep disorder who did not get or did not follow treatment had a five times higher rate of preventable crashes than truckers without sleep apnea, according to researchers of a large-scale 2016 study of the U.S. trucking industry. Even for people with sleep apnea who don’t operate heavy machinery, this disorder can seriously compromise well-being, raising a person’s risk of irregular heart rate (atrial fibrillation), heart disease, …
Does Marijuana Help You Sleep?
Written by Gigen Mammoser on October 5, 2017 | HealthLine.com A recent study concludes that marijuana use might actually disrupt your sleep. However, experts point out there may be other factors involved. Marijuana may make you sleepy, but does it really help you sleep? With the increasing frequency of marijuana legalization and its medical use throughout the United States, many are turning to the drug to treat insomnia and sleep disorders. However, a study from the University of Michigan concluded that depending on how frequently an individual uses marijuana, it may not help them sleep at all. It may actually worsen their sleep …
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