Sleep apnea overweight
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You don't have to feel tired or sleepy to have sleep apnea. If you have it and it goes untreated, it can lead to or aggravate high blood pressure, weight gain, depression, anxiety, or heart disease. If one or both of your parents have any of these complications, then even more reason to get it checked out by a sleep doctor. Also, you don't have to be overweight to have significant sleep apnea. But the fact that you snore and are slightly overweight makes it likely that you have it.
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..
Recently I have started gasping for air during the day and sometimes even snorting as if I need to take a very quick breath.Could this all be due to sleep apnea? My upper abdomen is quite often bloated( as if I am pregnant) When I press on it it feels firm and as if there is a balloon under my skin, what could be causing this? A tumor? Fat?
This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/228017'>Why am I gasping for breath in my sleep?</a>.
Your description sounds so much like what I described before being diagnosed with sleep apnea. By the way, not everyone with apnea snores and/or is overweight. Sometimes it has to do with throat and/or jaw structure, not weight.
All HMO's are different. Check with your provider. I've had two different HMO's and they both covered diagnosis and treatment.
I also have sleep apnea and know that if untreated it causes high blood pressure and fibromyaglia like symptons. Treating the sleep apnea will definitely solve some of your health problems. It took me a year to get used to CPAP but with the help of online support groups I was able to finally tolerate it.
Could this be sleep apnea? My late-father had sleep apnea but he was overweight. (when he went to the sleep clinic he actually flatlined - very scary but the cpap machine worked wonders for him.)
I would hate to waste the $$ to go to the doctor if it isn't something "real".
6. Overweight 11 yrs prior to being diagnosed Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (10/90- 6ft, 200 ½ lbs - 9/01, 6.1ft, 235 lbs);
7. Infrequent Migraine Headaches– 1/29/92;
8. Fatigue 1.5 months (? etiology)– 4/5/93 - Unexplained and untreated Fatigue.
9. EKG- Sinus Brady, ? L atrial enlargement, short QT interval, nonspecific inf T-wave abnormalities, and ST elevation, Asymptomatic– 7/26/93 to present;
10. Hyperlipedemia– 7/26/93 to present;
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Hello! I'm a 26y Female, who is overweight. I believe I have sleep apnea, and I want to ask my doctor to send me for a sleep study. I wake up often in the night, and feel like I need to take a deep breath. (Sometimes my lungs hurt for a few moments) I have morning headaches often, and I don't feel rested no matter how long I sleep. I have debilitating daily fatigue, sleepiness, and lightheadeness, can this be sleep apnea? Would it really effect my day this way?
He needs to talk to his doctor about his snoring, it could be a sign of sleep apnea which does have treatment. If his doctor suspects sleep apnea, he or she will probably order a sleep study test in a facility (usually a hospital sleep lab) that would monitorsyour hubby overnight for periods of apnea, oxygen levels, snoring, any disturbances of the heart rhythm, his brain wave activity etc...
Definitely push him to see his doc...
I have a similar experience except I don't recall any low oxygen saturation readings that lasted for anywhere near a hour. I did, however find myself waking up and feeling like I was suffocating.
My Primary Care doctor prescribed an overnight oximeter test, and this confirmed I had low saturation levels during the night. I think made an appointment with a pulmonary doctor in a sleep study center. I had several chest x-rays and that along with a physical exam led to a full sleep study..
I have seen many specialists in regards to my snoring and sleep apnea (mild - did a sleep study 4 years ago, I am sure that my sleep apnea has worsen a bit). Some of the different specialists that I have seen are: ENT docs, Otolaryngologists, Internal Medicine/Respirologist, Dentist, and Sleep Disorder doctor. I have tried the CPAP for 2 years (hate it) and I am currently using the mouth-guard (where my jaw is moved forward).
The symptoms you describe could certainly in part be attributed to sleep apnea. At 250 pounds you are failry overweight for 5'10" which in itself can cause sleep apnea. I'm sure the doctor will explain the mechanism that causes these symptoms resulting from sleep apnea.
Now I have a question for you, it seems that this same question has been asked several times under different new screen names over the past 30 days or so with subtle differences in the story.
You need to find out if you have sleep apnea or not. Its important. If you have sleep apnea, you literally stop breathing in your sleep. There is a high risk you will not start breathing again on your own.
Do a sleep study at home and if you do have it, its important you let yourself get use to wearing the mask. It took me approx a month.
Get on this issue. Its worth it!!
The only way to know if you have apneas, if at all, and whether it's central or obstructive is to undergo a sleep study. What you describe sounds like a typical obstructive apnea. There is no "typical" sleep apnea patient—we now know that even young thin women who don't snore can have significant obstructive apneas. I wouldn't jump to conclusions about rare brainstem tumors or anything of that sort.
Researchers evaluated 98 pacemaker patients for sleep apnea. Fifty-nine percent of the patients had undiagnosed sleep apnea and they suffer from sleep disorders. But there is no good research done for sleep apnea in pacemakers users.
Also sleep apnea can also be associated with restless leg syndrome, Obesity and upper airway soft tissue abnormalities etc.
Hey, I am getting this same surgery in 3 days (this Friday) and in the same boat as you. I have very mild obstructive sleep apnea, I'm not overweight at all and my doctor recommended that including my tonsils. I was thinking about not doing the uvula for the very same reasons you were thinking of not doing it. I've heard some horror stories, heard about potential long term effects yet I don't like the idea of the CPAP mask.
s been quite a lot of info out lately about kids diagnosed as ADHD or even having behavioral or learning problems actually having sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is associated with increased risk for cardiac disease, Type 2 Diabetes and High Blood Pressure. Oxygen deprivation to the brain can cause severe morning headaches, and possibly even brain damage when oxygen levels get too low.
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