May
21
2010
Sleep apnea and oxygen deprivation during sleep?
Posted by: Alan in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, tags: Apnea., Deprivation, During, Oxygen, Sleep
Are the effects of chronic sleep apnea similar to the ramifications of sleeping in a reduced oxygen environment? For example, a room with poor ventilation.
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May 21st, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I guess, sleeping in a reduced oxygen concentration… would be close enough. I think of it as elephant sitting on your neck. Your neck is so fat that it just collapses on the windpipe (trachea) and you wake up due to hypoxia. Brain doesnt like hypoxia.
There is a difference between oxygenation and ventilation.
May 21st, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Sleep apnea causes an increase in CO2 retention and hypoxia. Some issues related to untreated OSA is headaches, high blood pressure, non refreshing sleep, weight gain, traffic accidents, sleeping 12-18 hours a day, poor concentration
May 21st, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Hello Asker P,
Some effects of sleep apnea are the same with the side effects of sleeping in a reduced oxygen room. A patient with sleep apnea stops breathing in sleep for a lot of times, let’s say…200 times. And with every pause in breathing ( sometimes 40 seconds or more), your oxygen level from your blood drops and this can affect your brain and your heart.
In a reduced oxygen environment, your brain will have the same situation. The level of oxygen from your blood will be very low and it can affect your health.