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Sleep Apnea (Expert Forum)
SLEEP APNEA AND TYPE 2 DIABETES
Answered by
Steven Y Park, MD - sleep-breathing disorders
Private Practice
New York - NY
Questions in the Sleep Breathing Disorders Forum are being answered by Dr. Steven Y. Park.
SLEEP APNEA AND TYPE 2 DIABETES
by egypt1951, Nov 06, 2009 09:23AM
I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEP APNEA 4 YEARS AGO BUT COULD NOT TOLORATE THE CPAP MACHINE
DURING THIS TIME I ALSO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES WHICH ,I SLEEP WITH A SLOW RATE OF 100 OF SUGAR AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH 150 WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE NIGHT FROM WHAT I KNOW THAT SLEEP APNEA AFFECTS BLOOD SUGAR READINGS, AND OFCOURSE THOSE TWO DESEASE ARE LIFE THREATNING BESIDES I ALSO THAVE HYPOTHYROID WELL I AM PROBABLE ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN IN A LITTLE WHILE. WHAT COULD BE DONE I HAVE BEEN SEARCHIN GFOR YEARS BUT COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER.OFF ALL THE RESEARCH THEY WENT TO THE MOON BUT CANNOT FIND A SIMPLE CURE FOR THE SLEEP APNEA PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE SLEEP APNEA DOES NOT NOW HOW IT FEELS NOT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP NORMALLY.ITS HELL
AND OFCORSE WHAT DOCTORS DOT SAY TO THE PATIENTS THAT THEY HAVE A SHORT TIME TO LIVE BECAUSE OF A STROKE HEART ATTACK ,AND SUDDEN DEATH.
WELL THANKS
ANNA
DURING THIS TIME I ALSO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES WHICH ,I SLEEP WITH A SLOW RATE OF 100 OF SUGAR AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH 150 WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE NIGHT FROM WHAT I KNOW THAT SLEEP APNEA AFFECTS BLOOD SUGAR READINGS, AND OFCOURSE THOSE TWO DESEASE ARE LIFE THREATNING BESIDES I ALSO THAVE HYPOTHYROID WELL I AM PROBABLE ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN IN A LITTLE WHILE. WHAT COULD BE DONE I HAVE BEEN SEARCHIN GFOR YEARS BUT COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER.OFF ALL THE RESEARCH THEY WENT TO THE MOON BUT CANNOT FIND A SIMPLE CURE FOR THE SLEEP APNEA PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE SLEEP APNEA DOES NOT NOW HOW IT FEELS NOT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP NORMALLY.ITS HELL
AND OFCORSE WHAT DOCTORS DOT SAY TO THE PATIENTS THAT THEY HAVE A SHORT TIME TO LIVE BECAUSE OF A STROKE HEART ATTACK ,AND SUDDEN DEATH.
WELL THANKS
ANNA
Doctor's Answer
by Steven Y Park, MD, Nov 10, 2009 08:07PM
, Nov 10, 2009 08:07PM
Most people can't tolerate CPAP due to poor preparation and counseling. Try it again with gradual desensitization. A good DME company should work with you to achieve success. A dental device that pulls your jaw forward is another option, but it depends on your anatomy and your sleep numbers. Surgery is always an option, but you have to be evaluated by a qualified ENT surgeon. Talk to your sleep doctor about all these options.
Breathing exercises with yoga do help, and I always encourage it, but by itself, it won't cure your problem. Treating the sleep apnea alone won't cure your problems either. You have to approach this holistically, by addressing your entire lifestyle, diet, exercise regimen, mindset, and stress reduction.
Breathing exercises with yoga do help, and I always encourage it, but by itself, it won't cure your problem. Treating the sleep apnea alone won't cure your problems either. You have to approach this holistically, by addressing your entire lifestyle, diet, exercise regimen, mindset, and stress reduction.
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These pranayam exercises will help control the diabetes and the side effects and help you sleep better.Build up the timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume later(after about a minute).The benefits will be noticed in weeks as the sugar level is checked daily.Over the long term the diabetes will be in full control.You will sleep better within 2 weeks.
Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 15 to 30 minutes twice a day.
Children under 15 years – do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.
Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.
Anulom Vilom –
Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril
then -keeping the left nostril closed deep breath-in through right nostril
then - close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 15 to 30 minutes twice a day.
Children under 15 years - do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.
Also everyday, press the centre point of the palm of both your hands 40 times with the thumb and press the tips of all fingers 40 times each.
To stimulate the pancreas to produce insulin: mandukasan - kneel down(with feet pointing inwards,and sit on the ankles/heels, Vajrasan position), breathe in and breathe out completely and hold your breath, pull the stomach in, press both your hands on stomach, bend forward as much as possible keeping the head straight, hold for 5 to 15 seconds and come back up while breathing in. Repeat this 3 times daily to stimulate the kidney and pancreas.Mandukasan2 - Repeat the whole process,but this time with with fists of both hands pressing against the stomach.Mandukasan can be done sitting on a chair, if you cannot bend the legs.
Continue the breathing exercises once a day, after the diabetes is in full control.