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Sleep Apnea and Snoring- "Not
So Silent Killers"
Wednesday 7:29 PM
Dear Friend,
The youngest of 76 million boomers
are now moving through their 40s.
Research shows that men especially
over 40 are more likely to have sleep disorders
than women.
About 37 percent of American adults
ages 30-69 have at least mild OSA. In a sleep apnea
cycle, breathing stops, blood oxygen levels drop,
and the person wakes briefly gasping for breath.
This continues hundreds of times throughout the
night. Apnea is classified as a complete cessation
of breathing. Each episode of sleep apnea lasts
a minimum of 10 seconds
What causes this high prevalence of
sleep disordered breathing in baby boomers? It’s
not just because they are ‘boomers’;
rather, it is due to the continued changes of growing
older. Changes in airway anatomy occur with age.
The soft palate gets longer, the pharyngeal fat
pads increase in size, and the shape of bony structures
around the pharyngeal airway change. All of these
contribute to the increased prevalence of sleep
apnea in baby boomers.
Being
overweight increases sleep disordered breathing
Football legend Reggie White, a defensive
end for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles,
is regarded as one of the NFL’s greatest players.
He died from complications related to sleep apnea
and sarcoidosis at age 43.
Sleep apnea has an insidious and damaging
impact on a person’s health. It makes patients
feel chronically tired, erodes their quality of
life and impairs their ability to perform safety-critical
tasks, such as driving a car. It also heightens
the risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and
strokes. Untreated sleep apnea causes accidents
and illness, undermines a person’s effectiveness
in the workplace and imposes large burdens on the
healthcare system.
While hypothyroidism is more prevalent
in female baby boomers, male boomers with constant
fatigue are more likely to be suspects of sleep
apnea - although 80 to 90 percent of those who are
go undiagnosed. As many as three million middle-aged
men don't know they have this chronic upper airway
obstruction during sleep, usually associated with
loud snoring.
Many people long to die peacefully in their
sleep, their heart stopping while they
dream and snore. But reality is different: Heart
attack deaths actually hit their nadir at night,
and peak between sunrise and noon.
The exception is people who suffer
from sleep apnea. New research shows that they are
far more likely to die in their sleep, and this
is easy to treat!
Your Life
May Be At Risk!
I would like to invite you to enjoy
a recording of a recent interview that I did that
covers many of the questions that come up about
Sleep Apnea and Snoring. By simply putting your
first name and e-mail in the box above, you'll have
instant access to this Free Webcast and interview
that could literally save your life.
Researchers found that more than half the sleep apnea
sufferers died between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. In the general
population, this was the time people were least likely
to die of cardiac-related problems.
The literature suggests up to 80 per cent of people
with sleep apnea don't have a clue what's going on.