Scientists at Hokkaido University have successfully measured the eye pressure of sleeping
patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome for the first time, finding an unexpected correlation with glaucoma.
Now, the researchers will replicate their findings in a larger sample of MS patients, and treat those patients
diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP), the first - line treatment for OSA.
In addition to strokes and cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks, people
with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are prone to suffer from glaucoma at a rate about 10 times higher than non-OSAS sufferers.
«As more and more people are diagnosed
with obstructive sleep apnea worldwide, both patients and health care providers need to be aware of the heightened risk of developing other conditions,» Tien said.
The retrospective cohort study used records from Taiwan's single - payer National Health Insurance program to track treatment of 1,377 people who were diagnosed
with obstructive sleep apnea between 2000 and 2008.
In previous studies, the UCLA researchers had seen differences in heart rate and blood brain flow during blood pressure changes in men and
women with obstructive sleep apnea and wanted to see if cardiovascular responses in brain areas were different in healthy men and women.
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Children
with obstructive sleep apnea who had a common surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids showed notable improvements in behavior, quality of life and other symptoms compared to those treated with «watchful waiting» and supportive care, according to a new study.
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Children with obstructive sleep apnea are fidgeting and not able to stay on task, because they're doing anything they can to stay awake,» says first author Seockhoon Chung, M.D., Ph.D., who began the research as a U-M research fellow but is now associate professor at Asan Medical Center in South Korea.
Shepard JWJ, Gefter WB, Guilleminault C, Hoffman EA, Hoffstein DW, Hudgel DW, et al: Evaluation of the upper airway in patients
with obstructive sleep apnea.
«If we could keep the brain from waking up during apneas and activate only the part of the brain that opens up the airways, people
with obstructive sleep apnea would still be able to get a good night's rest.»
People
with obstructive sleep apnea are at higher risk of aspiration while sleeping.
It's also the first study to show the size of the effect of positive pressure mask treatment (CPAP) in patients
with obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) on their nocturia symptoms.»
For this study, published March 17, 2017, in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers recruited 16 children
with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
(STEVE WATSON) Not all patients
with obstructive sleep apnea will benefit from an operation; long - term, sleep apnea surgeries have only about a 25 % success rate.
Patients
with obstructive sleep apnea had lower blood levels of Troponin - T, a marker for heart cell death that accurately predicts heart attack severity, and lower levels of an enzyme that indicates injury or stress in heart muscle, the investigators found.
Surprisingly, the researchers did not find increased levels of Alzheimer's markers when they looked specifically at people
with obstructive sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that's a major disruptor of sleep and a risk factor for several other chronic diseases.
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices are typically one of the only treatments presently suggested for people
with obstructive sleep apnea.
GERD has also been found to affect between 58 percent and 62 percent of patients
with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
People
with obstructive sleep apnea or other sleep fragmentation disorders experience these problems, even if they spend enough time in bed, because their sleep quality is poor and interrupted too frequently to reach deep, restorative levels.
Some patients
with obstructive sleep apnea have a small upper airway that can be modified by increasing the activity of some muscles in the mouth and the tongue.
To participate, you must be 18 to 79 years old and have been diagnosed
with obstructive sleep apnea.
Attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder
with obstructive sleep apnea: a treatment outcome study.