Posted on 09/05/2022 4:50:37 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
People who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at an increased risk of cancer, according to a large study.
A second study showed that OSA was linked to a decline in processing powers in the elderly. A third study found that patients with more severe OSA were at greater risk of developing blood clots in their veins.
OSA is a common sleep disorder whereby people experience partial or complete obstruction of their airways during sleep and stop breathing several times a night. People who are overweight or obese, have diabetes, or who smoke or consume large amounts of alcohol are most at risk of OSA.
"We found that patients with cancer had slightly more severe OSA, as measured by an apnea hypopnea index average of 32 versus 30, and an oxygen desaturation index of 28 versus 26," he said. "In further analysis of subgroups, ODI was higher in patients with lung cancer (38 versus 27) prostate cancer (28 versus 24) and malignant melanoma (32 versus 25)."
In a second presentation, Dr. Nicola Marchi showed that OSA was linked to a greater decline in mental processing powers over a period of five years.
Dr. Marchi says that they "found that OSA and low oxygen levels during sleep due to OSA was associated with a greater decline in global cognitive function, processing speed, executive function and verbal memory."
A third study, presented by Professor Wojciech Trzepizur, showed patients with more severe OSA, as measured by AHI and markers of nocturnal oxygen deprivation, were more likely to develop venous thromboembolism (VTE).
"We found that those who spent more than 6% of their night-time with levels of oxygen in their blood below 90% of normal had an almost two-fold risk of developing VTEs as compared to patients without oxygen deprivation," said Professor Trzepizur.
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Sleep apnea can cause polythycemia and that can lead to blood clots.
Sleep apnea causes a huge number of health ailments, and the sleep disorder is way underdiagnosed.
Most folks who have severe apnea either don't know that they have it, or suspect that it's a mild case.
No other treatment for sleep apnea is as effective as CPAP (or APAP).
OSA is a big problem.
Imagine that.
I wonder how many other conditions also produce blood clots and myocarditis?
Maybe athletes foot. Or hangnails…..
Interesting. I will take B1.
Thanks CM!
She got this info from a medical professional (NP/PA) who is very knowledgeable.
Sleep apnea and blood clots?~🙄🙄 And pigs fly.
Used a CPAP every day since 2000, when I was diagnosed. I definitely wouldn’t be around now without it.
I think the articles are examining untreated sleep apnea. One talks about having oxygen levels under 90%, which is definitely characteristic only of untreated apnea.
My brother also had sleep apnea (it runs in the family). He decided it was too much bother to use the machine. So after about 15 years he developed advanced Alzheimers, has no memory of anyone, and is effectively just waiting around to die.
Use your CPAP. Yes its annoying at first, but you quickly get used to it. And when you do you will sleep better for it.
Can you post a link to a reputable source supporting this claim?
Get an “O2Ring” from Wellue. It is a continuous recording pulse oximeter you wear while you sleep. It stores four nights of data which you can download to your phone or to your computer, It really helps me understand what its going on with my breathing at night (in addition to the CPAP machine). It’s the perfect adjunct to CPAP. You can review your CPAP machine data in the OSCAR program on your computer and import your O2Ring data as well.
Not once person has mentioned the simple most-likely one word root cause of most of this: obesity. Also, this thread proves Freepers no longer read the article; the link does not even work.
My wife and I just got our CPAP machines in the past three months. Now the only one who snores in our bed is the cat. It has made a tremendous difference.
Four years ago I snored really REALLY loudly, but stopped after losing a little weight.
I’ve been on the carnivore diet almost four years, down 50 lbs.
This was my experience too. I was admitted to the hospital with acute respiratory failure and they put me on a mask with o2 and I slept through the night for the first time in ten years. I was used to getting up to pee five times per night. Thought it was the prostate, but that first night in the hospital on a ventilator with oxygen convenced me that I was fine. I have been on it for over a year now and my activity is improving slowly even though age is another factor (76).
Doctors should be looking for this at an early age and in my case while I was over weight, I did not gag or snore. My OSA manisted itself in simply not being able to fall asleep. I would wake up when my O2 sat was below 90% and then I felt that I probably had to get up and pee. If this sounds familiar, get a sleep study. It is worth it if they find SA.
The link does work.
Here it is, again:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-09-obstructive-apnea-linked-cancer-decline.html
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I changed my VPN location and now the link works. That’s the strangest thing. Their website didn’t like my original VPN server for some reason. I haven’t run into that before.
Here’s a starting point. I think this guy was where the info came from originally.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJajkK2PuMg
Yes
Not in my case but yes
My lower lobe lungs are compressed by scar tissue and don’t work
And my flap in throat is pronounced with aging
I’m six five 230
Been on mask since cardio surgery in 2005
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