Risk Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea - 46 % Higher Risk of Death to Chronic Sleep Apnea Patients
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| Risk Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea - 46 % Higher Risk of Death to Chronic Sleep Apnea Patients |
According to a new study from NHLBI, older men have higher
risk of death to chronic sleep apnea patients. The study suggests the strongest
proof up till now of a relation between possible deaths due to sleep apnea, general
disarray in breathing during night sleep caused due to occasional collapse of
upper airway.
Overall, study participants having grave obstructive sleep
apnea were risking death to 46% than those who didn’t have any kind of breathing
issues. Men suffering from severe sleep apnea were more apparent to death and
they were more prone to pass away from any reason together with heart disease. Particularly,
men of 40 to 70 with grave obstructive severe sleep apnea were twofold more
prone to pass away according to the new study than others who didn’t have any
breathing condition.
In general, the participants in the study having chronic
sleep apnea were found at a 46% higher death risk than those, who have no
breathing problem. Particularly older men having sleep apnea were more prone to
death due to any reason, including heart dysfunction. Additionally, the death risk to sleep apnea patients was at higher sides that were in between the 40s and
70s age groups than the same age group people having no sleep apnea
symptoms.
The study was published in the PLoS Journal of Medicine in
its August issue.
A research study from “Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS)”
suggests that well over six thousands people (including both men and women over
40 having sleep apnea symptoms and also those having no sleep apnea) were
chosen for knowing about the death risk on sleep apnea patients.
Around eight years after, it was found that people who were
suffering from chronic sleep apnea were more prone to death from any reason,
irrespective of weight, race, gender, or age. Or, they were currently smoking or
remained to involve in smoking in the past or faced conditions like diabetes,
heart disease or high blood pressure in their past lives.
Whereas, the previous studies conducted by SHHS revealed
that severe sleep apnea has linked elevated risk with several diseases such
as stroke, heart failure, high blood pressure, and other heart related
diseases. Additionally, severe sleep apnea also shows symptoms of low work
performance due to extreme daytime drowsiness.
It is believed that above 12 M Americans who are suffering from
sleep apnea syndrome aren’t identified or taken care of. Cure for sleep apnea
required CPAP breathing device, dental surgery, mouth guards, and changes in the lifestyle.
Such cures are likely to assist the patients to lower the gravity of the sleep apnea symptoms, for instance, extreme drowsiness in the
daytime, thus bettering the life’s excellence and activity.
However, occasional checkups are required to be aware of the status of mortality risks due to heart disease that is attached to the sufferers.
However, occasional checkups are required to be aware of the status of mortality risks due to heart disease that is attached to the sufferers.
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