Nov
30
2009
Sleep Apnea Question?
Posted by: Alan in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, tags: Apnea., Question, Sleep
I just had a sleep study done. Results were:
28 sponatneous arousals.’
1 REM arousals
31 Snoring arousals
total: 61
Mild, intermittent snoring was noted while supine.
Apnea-hypoapnea events per hour .89
1 during REM and 4 events in Non REM
Respiratory related arousals per hour: 5.69
Mean Oxygen saturation: 96.61 0 desaturation episodes below 90% with a nadir of 90%
Cadiac monitoring: Normal sinus rythm with no significant arrythmias noted.
Diagnosis:
Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome, adult.
I am 26, currently BMI of 35, get only about 3 hours a sleep at night with exesseive daytime sleepiness, and have asthma.
Should I worry?
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November 30th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Hmm.
Your weight and asthma affects this, almost directly.
You should always worry if you are not getting more than 8 hours of sleep a night.
You should go see a doctor and see what they could do.
Sleep upright so you can breathe easier.
I’m not suggesting you take a sleeping pill, but you should probably limit food 2 hours from a normal bed time, limit light activity, and try to wind down from the rest of the day.
If you need to, stay up for 24 hours and then go to sleep at a normal time that you could get the most rest.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Your sleep apnea is fairly mild so should not be a cause for major concern. You can pursue measures to reduce the apnea and subsequently its effects on your health however, including sleeping on your left side to prevent obstructive apnea from your tongue, avoiding alcohol before bedtime since it relaxes the tissues and promotes apnea as well as reducing the quality and quantity of sleep, and losing weight if you are overweight. Other measures than can help but must be obtained through your physician are a CPAP or BIPAP device to keep the airways open during sleep by forcing air in through your mouth and nose while worn or a surgical procedure that inserts tiny rods into the soft palate to stiffen it and prevent its collapse during sleep, leading to apnea.
November 30th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
you should be worried :
1- your weight is crazy ,, start to have sleep apnea at this age ,,
2- sleep apnea has alot of complications like day time sleepniss , pulmonary problems ,,,,etc
3- your asthma may be in fact part of your sleep apnea
the only advice that will really help you is loose weight ,,, loose weight ,,,,, loose weight ,,,
December 1st, 2009 at 2:41 am
You should worry as for a male adult 6 to 8 hours sleep is required to lead a normal life. Start exercise and see a doctor.
December 1st, 2009 at 8:25 am
seems you have all the necessary data. why are you asking a bunch of yahoo’s on Yahoo?
see a doc, if you aren’t sure what to do with all that info.