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apnoea,,obstructive or central
can anyone help with obstructive or sleep apnoea,,i know what they are as such..but how does it affect a persons life as such?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello and hope you are doing well.
Understand your predicament and sympathize with you. As it is a genetic abnormality, you could consult your doctor about it occuring in subsequent pregnancies. A genetic study could help determine that. Don't worry and try to give supportive therapy for your daughter if she develops breathing problems, by consulting your doctor.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Understand your predicament and sympathize with you. As it is a genetic abnormality, you could consult your doctor about it occuring in subsequent pregnancies. A genetic study could help determine that. Don't worry and try to give supportive therapy for your daughter if she develops breathing problems, by consulting your doctor.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
hi,my daughter has a centronuclear myopathy.although i know this is rare in its self..im so worried..if she sleeps in..this is the first time i have admitted this...its scares the living daylights out of me to go into her room to wake her..i know all about hypertension...my eldest daughter died through pulmonary hypertension when she was 4 in 1996 and she too had the same genetic syndrome...just confused and know my daughter will be ok but there is always a shadow hanging over me
hi we know now my daughter doesnt need ventilation,she needs air flow..we have to now go and spend several days in hospital to monitor and regulate how much air flow she needs...we are getting there..slowly but surely and thankyou so much for your advice and help...lisa x
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello and hope you are doing well.
About Obstructive Sleep Apnea. When a person sleeps the airways are usually patent allowing normal passage for air entry. The upper airway that is at the region of the tongue and the soft palate is the most compliant (soft) part. So, this is liable to collapse and cause airway obstruction. Now why does this obstruction happen in some people? 1. In over weight people the circumferential diameter becomes smaller. 2. Anatomical factors (structure) like enlarged tonsils, volume of the tongue, lengthy soft palate or abnormal positing of the maxilla and mandible can further narrow the lumen 3. Some people are prone for decreased neuromuscular activity to the upper air way muscles during sleep and this reduces the tone of the muscles leading to further collapse of the airway. As the air way collapses the lungs do not have air entry leading to deoxygenation (decreased oxygen) of blood and the person wakes up. This period of non entry of air is called ‘Apnea’ and the waking up is called an ‘Arousal’. This keeps alternating and the person may not actually wake up all the time, but these repeated arousals can disturb the sleep architecture and cause fatigue, headaches and daytime sleepiness. These people are also more prone for Hypertension. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is more common in people who snore.
Central sleep apneas are caused due disorders or lesions in the brain. The peripheral system does not get the right impulses for respiration and hence the stoppage of respiration. As a result the person is aroused from sleep
Either of these apneas are diagnosed by a polysomnogram.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
About Obstructive Sleep Apnea. When a person sleeps the airways are usually patent allowing normal passage for air entry. The upper airway that is at the region of the tongue and the soft palate is the most compliant (soft) part. So, this is liable to collapse and cause airway obstruction. Now why does this obstruction happen in some people? 1. In over weight people the circumferential diameter becomes smaller. 2. Anatomical factors (structure) like enlarged tonsils, volume of the tongue, lengthy soft palate or abnormal positing of the maxilla and mandible can further narrow the lumen 3. Some people are prone for decreased neuromuscular activity to the upper air way muscles during sleep and this reduces the tone of the muscles leading to further collapse of the airway. As the air way collapses the lungs do not have air entry leading to deoxygenation (decreased oxygen) of blood and the person wakes up. This period of non entry of air is called ‘Apnea’ and the waking up is called an ‘Arousal’. This keeps alternating and the person may not actually wake up all the time, but these repeated arousals can disturb the sleep architecture and cause fatigue, headaches and daytime sleepiness. These people are also more prone for Hypertension. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is more common in people who snore.
Central sleep apneas are caused due disorders or lesions in the brain. The peripheral system does not get the right impulses for respiration and hence the stoppage of respiration. As a result the person is aroused from sleep
Either of these apneas are diagnosed by a polysomnogram.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
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