Poor sleepers to invest in portable oxygen?
People with poor snoozing habits may wish to
buy oxygen after an expert highlighted the dangers associated with sleep apnoea.
Dr Won Lee, medical director of the Sleep and Breathing Disorder Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, noted the disorder can result in a number of serious ailments, the Dallas Morning News reports.
The specialist explained: "Sleep apnoea is implicated in cardiovascular diseases, vascular diseases [and] endocrinological diseases like diabetes."
It is a condition wherein sufferers experience a narrowing of airways, resulting in reduced airflow and no oxygen being delivered to the lungs, he observed.
Dr Lee added the event causes patients to wake from their slumber in an attempt to open their airways and claimed some people stop breathing 100 times every hour.
The Times of India recently suggested loud snoring is an indicator of sleep apnoea, rather than the commonly-held belief it is a sign of sound shut-eye.
Posted by James Worrall
17/08/2010 15:05:42
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