Has anyone heard of any links between sleep apnea and diab...

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In a message dated 11/22/04 9:26:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,

whimsy2@... writes:

>

>Sleep apnea is often caused by overweight status. Type 2 diabetics are

>often overweight. So that's a connection.

<>>>>>>>

Actually, it's more accurate to say there's a correlation between sleep apnea

and overweight, not a causation, same goes for diabetes. It's thought that

sleep apnea is part of a grander scheme that causes overweight - sleep

deprivation is associated with weight gain in general. Thin people get sleep

apnea

too.

There's a whole family of disorders that are related in one way or another to

overweight, but it can't be said for certain which came first, the weight, or

the disorder.

Stacey

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In a message dated 11/22/2004 2:32:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lrk1246@... writes:

I was just wondering if anyone has heard of any links between sleep apnea

and

diabetes as I have both.

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My husband had sleep apnea so disturbing he was running me out of the house

and woke up

exhausted.

On a visit to his cardiologist, the first question he asked about sleep. He

was sent to a sleep study to document it, received a cpap unit with an

oxygenator.

He had a huge weight gain, he was falling asleep at work.

He was better after one night and within a week he had no more symptoms.

Then all of a sudden he had diabetes. The weight is slow to come off but he is

doing much better.

I was skeptical about the doctor saying the weight gain was due to sleep

apnea. I'd never heard that one before but it seems he was right.

Get the treatment if you can, it will make all the difference in how you

feel physically.

Good luck

Dee

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Well, yes. What I said comes down to correlation, not causation.

Vicki

Re: Has anyone heard of any links between sleep

apnea and diab...

>

> In a message dated 11/22/04 9:26:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> whimsy2@... writes:

>>

>>Sleep apnea is often caused by overweight status. Type 2 diabetics

>>are

>>often overweight. So that's a connection.

> <>>>>>>>

>

> Actually, it's more accurate to say there's a correlation between

> sleep apnea

> and overweight, not a causation, same goes for diabetes. It's thought

> that

> sleep apnea is part of a grander scheme that causes overweight - sleep

> deprivation is associated with weight gain in general. Thin people

> get sleep apnea

> too.

>

> There's a whole family of disorders that are related in one way or

> another to

> overweight, but it can't be said for certain which came first, the

> weight, or

> the disorder.

>

> Stacey

>

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What is sleep apnea?

People with sleep apnea stop breathing for 10 to 30 seconds at a time while they

are sleeping. These short stops in breathing can happen up to 400 times every

night! If you have sleep apnea, the periods of not breathing may make you wake

up from deep sleep. If you are waking up all night long, you aren't getting

enough rest from your sleep.

There are two kinds of sleep apnea: obstructive apnea and central apnea.

Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common type. Nine out of 10 people with

sleep apnea have this type of apnea. If you have obstructive apnea, something is

blocking the passage or windpipe (called the trachea) that brings air into your

body. You keep trying to breathe, but you can't get enough air because of the

blockage. Your windpipe might be blocked by your tongue, tonsils or uvula (the

little piece of flesh that hangs down in the back of your throat). It might also

be blocked by a large amount of fatty tissue in the throat or even by relax

Bev