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What Causes Increase In Blood Pressure When Suffering From Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
What is wrong if I am unable to wake up for days at a time, sometimes 4 days. I wake up enough to go to the bathroom, drink and eat something fast. I do have obstructive sleep apnea and am on oxygen/cpap machine. I am 40 lbs overweight and have chronic fatigue with fibromyalgia. My blood pressure is 100/50 on those times.....it may raise 2-4pts but is most often the above rate. What is this?????? I m tired (literally) of living like this.
Mon, 17 Feb 2014
hello I will try to explain to you
-as you might be aware of, obstructive sleep apnoea causes temporary cessation breathing. that means the breathing efforts are there but there is no flow of air.
-this causes activation of different nervous systems of the body especially sympathetic nervous system. this causes hypertension and many other problems like abnormal blood lipids, increased blood sugars etc.
-because of the lack of proper sleep n the night you tend to feel drowsy in the day time. it is part of the disease process.
-obesity is one of the major causes of obstructive sleep apnoea.
-just a word of advice- various surgical procedures are available for morbid obesity. you can consult your doctor regarding that.
thank you
-as you might be aware of, obstructive sleep apnoea causes temporary cessation breathing. that means the breathing efforts are there but there is no flow of air.
-this causes activation of different nervous systems of the body especially sympathetic nervous system. this causes hypertension and many other problems like abnormal blood lipids, increased blood sugars etc.
-because of the lack of proper sleep n the night you tend to feel drowsy in the day time. it is part of the disease process.
-obesity is one of the major causes of obstructive sleep apnoea.
-just a word of advice- various surgical procedures are available for morbid obesity. you can consult your doctor regarding that.
thank you
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