Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Jen: Sleep Apnea, Chronic High Blood pressure and chest pain…?
My husband has chrinic high blood pressure, even with meds it is usually140/90 he started using his CPAP last night and after using it for several hours started feeling a pain or soreness in his chest. he also said he was feeling weird so he took his blood pressure and for the first time in years it was 110/70, without any meds that day his pulse has also gone down from 95-115 bpm to 75 bpm, he says he breaths different when he takes the CPAP mask off, like they are longer deeper breaths and he isnt sure if that is supposed to happen…. would using a CPAP for only a few hours cause this? i mean its nice with him having a “normal” blood pressure and heart rate but i’m also concerned becuase it happened over night…. should we be worried? (he also has restless leg syndrome and even with the CPAP he can only use it for a few hours and still cant get into that Deep Sleep. he is always tired and gets up every hour or so becuase he cant sleep or cant stay asleep! Please give me your input.

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Answer by nickipettis
the CPAP machine should reduce the number of times he gets up in the night.

It is normal that when using a CPAP machine, that the pulse and blood pressure drops – without the CPAP his lungs and heart were working extra hard trying to get oxygen into the lungs and and blood.

But the chest pain? that doesn’t sound right. ( i have a Cpap) I think he should call the doc.

It could be that just by accident he started having angina the night he started the cpap – his doc should check him out.

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Question by Michelle: What is the appropriate treatment for a DVT (blood clot) in lower left leg (calf)?
A little more history: 49 year old female, diabetic, high bp, high cholesterol, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, severe depression, PTSD, bipolar, major anxiety, sleep apnea, and liver disease due to extreme fatty liver. On 16 daily meds for psych and med, plus a 17th optional for nausea as needed, and 18th for stool softener. Her meds: Docqlace, Cytomel, Lexapro, Famotidine, Promethazine, Metoclopramide, Metformin, Trazodone, Hydroxyzine HCL, Cymbalta, Glimepiride, Levothyroxine Sod, Protonix, Lisinipril, Benztropine, Tricor, and Clozapine. Of those, 7 had warnings about anticoagulants, 4 of which were serious interactions, and 2 other meds have a rare side effect of causing clots (research on WebMD). This person went to ER twice in 10 hours (sent home both times, told not to worry, talke Ibuprofen)then to her personal doc not even 2 days later, he put her on home injection blood thinners. She died the next night, clot broke loose, split, and traveled to both lungs.

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Answer by Chakooch
she died from pulmonary embolism
its one of the complications of DVT … as the clots may travel through the viens of the lower extrimities and get in to the lungs either as massive emolism or showering embolies …

well … the effect of the drug interaction in a patient with long term uncontroled Diabetis , Hypertenssio , hypothyroidism in addition to psychological stress and depreesion … and i suppose immobilisation … the risk becomes morbidly high …

the appropriate treatment of DVT and preventing the pulmonary embolsm is by
blod thinners pills or injections
mobilisation is so very important
Good Control of pre-excisting diseases
avoiding drug interaction
but never can obtain a 0% of risk or 100% of prevention.

and for such cases it is done in a special care units

my kindest regards and deepest sympathy

Havoc

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Question by *granny* class of ‘59: How is sleep apnea related to high red blood cell count?
and what is the name of the test that a person stays overnight in the hospital with diodes or wires glued to your head? Thanks in advance for your answer, no thumbs down from me.

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Answer by Michael T
Lack of oxygen in your blood stream can very easily increase your red blood cell count. That is exactly what sleep apnea does, it is a blockage that reduces your oxygen intake.

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Question by OneOfTheGoodOnes: How often should a person get a complete blood count and why?
I am 53, male, former smoker(I smoked for 19 years and quit in 1992). I do not drink.

I have epilepsy(since 1966), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease(since birth), essential non-pulmonary hypertension, gastro-esophageal disease, BPH, complex central sleep apnea.

Could you please cite your sources for your answer, i.e., National Institute of Health, American Heart Association, etc. Thank you

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Answer by Secret
Everyone is unique and no one person is the same, so as their health. There is no specific guidelines to how often should the physician check your CBC. Your physician will determine the frequency according to your need. The decision will mainly be affected by your current health (more ill, more frequent), your medication and the physician preference. There is some recommendation to some medication of how often should the physician check your blood work (may not be CBC). Also some physician like to check it more frequently than others.

If you really want to know, you should ask your primary physician, s/he know your health the best.

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Question by Ryan: Could sleep apnea cause you to spit blood?
Just wondering if it is possible that you could irritate your throat enough that you would spit up blood.

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Answer by Taylor
It’s a possibility, but seems very unlikely. Only if your throat was very irritated would it get raw enough for you to cough up blood. If it’s you that has this problem, I’d see a doctor.

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