Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Osteoporosis – Does OSA Elevates the Chances of Osteoporosis?
According to a latest
research printed in the “Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism” of
the Endocrine Society, the presence of obstructive sleep apnea increases the
chances of osteoporosis, especially in the grown-up people and women.
In the condition of sleep
apnea, the breathing stops for short periods of time. The most frequent kind of
apnea is known as obstructive sleep apnea. It takes place, whenever air passage
is obstructed due to some hindrance while sleeping at night. If it is not
treated, the chances of heart attacks, cardiovascular
diseases and stroke are elevated.
One of the
authors of the latest research Mr. Kai Jen Tien, who is an MD in the “Chi Mei
Medical Center” in Taiwan, said that continuous disturbances in the sleep
because of obstruction in the airways can damage several system of the body,
together with the system of skeleton.
As the
obstructive sleep apnea every so often leaves the body without O2, as a result
becomes of cause of weakening of the bones and chances of osteoporosis are
increased. The continuous condition can bring about low life’s quality, high
medical expenses, fractures of bones and even death.
The
demonstrative group research carried out by Mr. Kai Jen Tien and team followed
cure of 1377 obstructive sleep apnea patients (records taken from Taiwan’s
Single payer “National Health Insurance Program”) during the years 2000-2008.
Throughout the
period of upcoming 6 years, the research scientists matched up to the pace of
developing osteoporosis in the 1377 people suffering from OSA and other 20655
people with no sleep disturbance of around the same gender and age.
The research
scientists discovered that the rate of osteoporosis was on the higher side by
2.7% among OSA sufferers, as compared to other 20655 people,
without any sleep condition, after taking into consideration, their ages,
genders, other medicinal issues, monthly incomes and geographic locations. It
was found that older people and women were more inclined of growing-up
conditions related to bones.
Dr. Kai said that medical
personals and patients both are required to be conscious of the increased
chances of growing other medical conditions as well, because people are being
detected with OSA to a greater extent all around the world on a regular
basis. And therefore, we also require to
further focus on the connection between bone
healthiness and obstructive sleep
apnea, so that we can devise plans to overcome osteoporosis.
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