Older Men With Breathing Problems During Sleep More Likely To Have Irregular HeartbeatsIncreasingly severe sleep-related breathing disorders in older men appear to be associated with a greater risk of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to a report in the June 22 issue of Archives of ...
Having more episodes of paused or shallow breathing was associated with increased odds of two types of arrhythmias—one involving the heart's upper chambers (atria) and one involving the heart's lower chambers (ventricles). Obstructive sleep apnea—the most common type, involving a partial or com...
Although sleep apnea is typically considered a condition affecting adults, breathing problems during sleep in children are common and may affect their health and behavior. Disturbed sleep in children due to breathing problems is often caused by large tonsils and adenoids blocking the upper airways. ...
Twenty consecutive patients (16 women and 4 men), with a mean age of 40 years, who were diagnosed and treated for myasthenia gravis were enrolled in a prospective investigation aimed at determining the amount of respiratory disturbance occurring during sleep while they received treatment. Patients ...
Explore the various types of breathing problems, including COPD, asthma, and sleep apnea. Find out how each condition affects your lungs and ways to manage them.
cause you to have a dry mouth when you wake up.Light snoring may not disrupt your overall sleep quality.Heavy snoring may be connected with a risk factor in the heart disease,stroke and many other health problems.So never take it lightly.9.Why do some people snore during their sleep? A...
cause you to have a dry mouth when you wake up.Light snoring may not disrupt your overall sleep quality.Heavy snoring may be connected with a risk factor in the heart disease,stroke and many other health problems.So never take it lightly.9.Why do some people snore during their sleep? A...
Looking to sleep with your head elevated? Check out what our experts recommend for you. Individuals who experience breathing issues during the night may need to re-evaluate how they’re positioned and consider sleeping on an incline. Lying flat could obstruct the airways of those who snore, hav...
Fast Breathing During Sleep If you have healthy relatives or friends, you can see that their breathing during sleep is very light. In fact, the breathing of the healthy person is noiseless and so quiet, that it may scare some people to death (“Is he alive?”). Vice versa, the breathin...
This chapter summarizes how sleep, sleep disorders, and breathing interact in the brain and other neural structures and how dysfunction in this interaction results in sleep-disordered breathing and other types of sleep dysfunction. Following the sections