sleep apnea levels

I forget the number, but a high percentage of patients with heart failure have sleep disordered breathing. If you have sleep apnea and have been physician-ordered to use CPAP, then you really need to do so.

s been using one for 15 years now and there is no more snoring or sleep apnea. Sounds like you had a sleep study done?

that did my sleep study gave me the wrong info. I do not have sleep apnea but my oxygen levels were so low that I now have to wear oxygen at night. I have been sleeping better. Anyone else having this problem?

Have you done the sleep study ? I am worried for the anxiety you have regarding Sleep apnea. Death is a very distant complication. Please keep us posted.

Hi, Dr Carolyn Dean talks about sleep apnea and Magnesium supplementation . If you google : Magnesium and sleep Apnea. I have family members who also refuses to use CPAP, so they are trying Mg instead. Still at the starting stage. But what I could tell you is that snoring is definitely less.. :) Sleep apnea causes high BP, memory loss, headaches, poor concentration, fatigue and so many more.. So I'd say, give Mg Glycinate a try..

Is it some type of chronic lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or is it due to sleep apnea, where your breathing stops during sleep sometimes for long periods of time. The most common form of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea and a much less common form is central sleep apnea. I suggest that you contact your doctor and ask him/her what is the cause of your abnormal oxygen level? It is unlikely that oxygen, alone, will be the optimum treatment.

The O2 levels are not dropping because every time there is an arousal and you will take deep breaths to compensate for the apnea. If this is extended then it can cause a drop in oxygen levels. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is more common in people who snore. These people are also more prone for Hypertension. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

I do have sleep apnea, so I suspect that is a contributor, but can anyone lend some insight into this?

s sleep was much like you describe, but it was back before sleep apnea was even on the radar. Sometimes longstanding sleep apnea can cause changes to the heart that might be evident on autopsy, but is not always the case. Sleep apnea does increase risk of a cardiac event or a stroke when the oxygen levels drop in the blood due to lack of air intake for which the heart tries to compensate. Big stress on the body.

My husband was recently diagnosed with Sleep Apnea at a sleep clinic. He has suffered from severe, almost debilitating fatigue for many years, never knowing why. He does not snore. It turns out there is a non-snoring type of Sleep Apnea, and not one doctor (of many, MANY!) ever suggested this as a cause for the fatigue and exhaustion. Now he is using a CPAP machine, and adjusting quite well!

Sleep Apnea as well as all interrupted or lack of sleep effects lipid and glucose levels. We need the correct amount REM sleep, not a specific total hours of sleep. When Hypo, you dont get REM sleep. Hypos 'drift' with there eyes shut. Thyroid docs do not analyze this disease. Most are totally unaware of interrupted sleep from tyhroid. Sleep study docs dont even understand an inflamed thyroid. They should, but dont.

I know I am grasping at straws on this but as continue to be diagnosised with other illness such as the sleep apnea it is becoming more frustrating that these illiness all stem from my weight.

The apnea in this case is an extreme form of hypoventilation disorders that lead to hypercapnic central sleep apnea. In either case apnea and resultant reduction of 02 levels is a serious problem, a very serious problem if oxygen levels in the range of 73% are sustained during sleep, that if not effectively addressed can lead to all the symptoms you describe. You appear to be chronically sleep deprived and your vital organs, especially your brain, could be severely oxygen deprived.

Many Type II Diabetics have undiagnosed sleep apnea. When the sleep apnea is diagnosed and treated effectively (often with a CPAP machine to force air into the lungs while sleeping so that breathing is not interrupted), the patient's glucose levels will improve considerably. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea six years ago but was not keeping the CPAP mask on all night as it felt a little claustrophobic. I began to feel a little nauseous whenever I ate sweets, though I never ate them much.

Thank you for the information.

The nurse would wake me up and everything would be fine. The doctor said I had sleep apnea. I am unsure about that my understanding of sleep apnea was the body waking itself up due to lack of oxygen. Granted I didn't go to medical school. My question is do you agree with the ER doctor my O2 stats dropping that low when I sleep is a sign of sleep apnea? I was not flat when I would fall asleep the bed was propped and I was on my back. Typically I do sleep on my side.

If you do have sleep apnea, the treatment is that you will sleep with a CPAP machine. It stands for Continuos Positive Air Pressure. You wear a mask that blows air down your passages to keep them from closing when you sleep. Cause when they close is when you stop breathing. Id it is determined you have sleep apnea it is vital that you wear the cpap eveytime!! You can die from sleep apnea just as easily as a baby can die from sids.

I am glad to see u know about sleep apnea, and I know how u feel...but outside of it not being sleep apnea it could also be the amount of oxygen that gets into ur blood stream..... Have u had a sleep study or one to see if u had enuff oxygen in the bloodstream? I did, and I do not have sleep apnea, and I have enuff oxygen in my blood stream.....but no restorative sleep!! U would think I ran a marathon or something the fatigue I have...

2 weeks ago I did and overnight study (Apnealink) to see if my sleep apnea has gotten better. My O2 levels at night continue to have desaturations. The number of desaturations during the test were 87. 232 mins under 90, 16 mins under 85 and 148 mis under 89%. There were 66 hypopneas. These seem very low, my sleep doc thinks it's lung releated and I'm waiting tohear from my Pulm Doc. Do these seem low enough for O2 thearpy at night?

All it entails is a finger clip that records your levels while you sleep in your home. A normal reading does not absolutely mean their is no sleep apnea, but it does indicate there is not chronic repetitive oxygen deprivation going on that accompanies some with severe sleep apnea in need of immediate treatment. Or you could go ahead and get a sleep study rather than do it piecemeal.

Did you have a full sleep study or an overnight oximetry test (where they measure your O2 levels continuously)? If you have sleep apnea, your O2 level will usually fall because of obstruction of the airways. If that is the case, doctors often prescribe CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) that will keep the airway open preventing obstruction thus keeping the O2 levels normal.

I was recently told I might have central sleep apnea but not what it involves. I was sent home from the hospital with a temporary cpap and am being scheduled for a sleep study. I am having trouble using the cpap machine. I am afraid to sleep as the doctor did say that with this apnea the brain forgets to tell you to breath. They said my oxygen levels dropped to 64 during the night. I have developed swollen legs, ankles and feet.

I lost about 10% of my body weight and the symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea have gone, I have not been retested, and may request an overnight oximeter test to see what it shows on my O2 saturation levels. Oh yes I am also old,, that doesn't help either as all the muscles go soft including those in the throat, which seems to have been my problem.

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