Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Heart Attack or Death by 30 Percent
June 13th, 2009 | 
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A study conducted by Dr. Neomi Shah, M.D. of Yale University followed 1,123 patients for five years and looked at the association between sleep apnea, heart attacks and death. The study found that the breathing disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea increases a person’s risk of having a heart attack or dying by 30% over a period of four or five years.
Sleep apnea triggers the body’s stress response system (fight or flight) which decreases the amount of blood pumped to the heart. The repeated sleep apnea episodes occurring every night for a few years can starve the heart of enough oxygen when it is combined with the decreased oxygen intake due to frequent breathing stoppages during the apnea episodes at night.
Studies such as this one are now showing the severity of the sleep apnea sleeping disorder which was previously mostly ignored by doctors. If you or your loved ones suffer from sleep apnea or snoring / breathing problems at night, there is a Sleep Apnea Breakthrough product now available on the market. Click here to learn more.
Sleep apnea triggers the body’s stress response system (fight or flight) which decreases the amount of blood pumped to the heart. The repeated sleep apnea episodes occurring every night for a few years can starve the heart of enough oxygen when it is combined with the decreased oxygen intake due to frequent breathing stoppages during the apnea episodes at night.
Studies such as this one are now showing the severity of the sleep apnea sleeping disorder which was previously mostly ignored by doctors. If you or your loved ones suffer from sleep apnea or snoring / breathing problems at night, there is a Sleep Apnea Breakthrough product now available on the market. Click here to learn more.
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