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If you ever
slept next to someone who sounds like this, you probably consider snoring just a
noisy nuisance. But new research out tonight says it can actually be a warning.
Snoring is one of the main signs of
sleep apnea when people stop breathing in
the middle of the night.
For the first
time, this new study makes a crucial connection. It's given us probably the best
evidence that we have that sleep apnea is a likely cause of stroke. People
suffering from sleep apnea, and there are millions, can stop breathing during
sleep anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute and a half.
A healthy
person during the day becomes a time bomb at night. Normal blood pressure is
120/80. But a patient with a sleep apnea can be deprived of 50% of their oxygen,
doubling blood pressure to a life-threatening 220/140. A visit to New York
University sleep disorders clinic showed Raymond Jayvascas
often stopped breathing during sleep.
Was that a
scary thing to realize ? That was definitely shocking. Sleep expert
and a ??? say, He is lucky he came in. She believes the link between
apnea and stroke is just a tip of iceberg. This is definitely a new area and
many of the cardiologists are very concerned about patients that have potential
sleep apnea."
With heart disease our leading killer, ??? says
doctors are looking more closely at sleeps' role in
cardiac health. So one of the key questions a good doctor will ask is how are
you sleeping. Absolutely. There's still a lot of research to be done in this
area. And one of the big questions doctors will pursue now is can preventing
sleep apnea actually prevent heart attack.
"How do you
know if you have got it ? Well, it's highly under diagnose. But one of the main
reasons is asking your spouse. So the person you share your bed with. That's how
most people know they have it."
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