Sentences with phrase «sleep apnea patients»

That's why it is estimated that more than 40 percent of sleep apnea patients refuse to wear the device.

A number of surgical interventions are available to help obstructive sleep apnea patients open up the airway, by removing the tonsils or excess tissue at the back of the throat, or destroying tissue at the base of the tongue with radiofrequency waves.

Results show that there was a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressures among sleep apnea patients who were compliant with CPAP therapy for three months.

«Osteoporosis risk heightened among sleep apnea patients.»

«Before this study, the recommendation to use neuraxial anesthesia in sleep apnea patients was based on no scientific foundation,» said Dr. Memtsoudis.

Most sleep apnea patients carry at least a few extra pounds, and doctors stress diet and exercise as part of their treatment, but getting back to a healthy weight can be difficult.

These masks are worn by sleep apnea patients at night to help keep airways open and to assist breathing, which provides more restful sleep.

Often mistaken for snoring, sleep apnea patients choke or gasp during sleep when the airway involuntarily tightens.

However, breathing abnormalities may not be the only reasons for increased risk of complications — many sleep apnea patients suffer from cardiovascular problems as well that may worsen surrounding surgery,» Dr. Memtsoudis explained.

Hypermethylation can promote tumor growth; that may explain why, in a separate study, Spanish researchers in 2012 found higher rates of cancer among adult sleep apnea patients.

Overweight sleep apnea patients usually know that the extra pounds they carry are contributing to their problem, but with barely enough energy to stay awake even during simple conversation, exercise can seem like a foreign concept.

Charles Dickens identified the most common sleep apnea patient back in 1837 when he wrote The Pickwick Papers: The main character was «middle - aged and overweight and snored like a banshee and had excessive daytime sleepiness,» says Mark Eric Dyken, MD, professor of neurology and director of the University of Iowa College of Medicine Sleep Disorder Center.

According to a study, obstructive sleep apnea patients sleep better following surgery for improving their breathing and are therefore less drowsy throughout the day.

Over the years, we have successfully helped hundreds of sleep apnea patients pay no more for their funeral insurance compared to someone without it.

For sleep apnea patients, says Hermann, that means being prescribed a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.

Results show that nearly 73 percent of sleep apnea patients (213 of 293 patients) had clinically significant depressive symptoms at baseline, with a similar symptom prevalence between men and women.

During the course of the next six years, researchers compared the rate of osteoporosis diagnosis in this group of obstructive sleep apnea patients to 20,655 people comparable in age and gender who did not have the sleep disorder.

Exercise alsoincreases sleep quality in sleep apnea patients.

For most sleep apnea patients, doctors suggest treatment with a CPAP machine, which blows air continuously through the nose all night long.

But sleep apnea patients are also more likely to suffer dangerous health problems, and they are at greater risk of dying while they sleep.

However, clinically significant depressive symptoms remained in only 4 percent of the sleep apnea patients who adhered to CPAP therapy for 3 months (9 of 228 patients).

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