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Other Complications of Diabetes
Published in Jahangir Moini, Matthew Adams, Anthony LoGalbo, Complications of Diabetes Mellitus, 2022
Jahangir Moini, Matthew Adams, Anthony LoGalbo
Sleep apnea may be linked to diabetes, which can repeatedly stop airflow during breathing. Sleep apnea involves loud snoring and pauses in breathing. Overweight patients may have more fat deposits around their upper airways, which obstruct breathing. Untreated or undiagnosed sleep apnea has serious complications. These include diabetes, glaucoma, myocardial infarction, cancer, and cognitive or behavioral disorders.
Lifestyle and Diet
Published in Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy, Food and Lifestyle in Health and Disease, 2022
Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy
However, snoring, sleep talking or screaming, sleepwalking or somnambulism, agitation or restless sleep are also common sleep disorders. But they are benign and do not usually cause health problems to sleepers. However, agitation sleep and sleepwalking can cause fall or other bodily injury to the sleeper. Snoring and screaming sleep can bother the neighbor. Snoring is more common in men than in women. Alcohol can increase the risk of snoring.
Pulmonary Medicine
Published in James M. Rippe, Manual of Lifestyle Medicine, 2021
Snoring is defined as noisy breathing during sleep and is very common in the general population. Prevalence of snoring varies between studies ranging from 10% to 50%. The prevalence of snoring increases with age up to 60 years after which the prevalence decreases (5). Snoring occurs due to vibration of the soft palate and faucial pillars. The likelihood that snoring will occur is dependent on the size of the airway, the tone of the soft tissue structures in the airway, and body positions. The clinical significance of snoring is uncertain. In the absence of observed or measured apneic episodes, snoring is considered to be benign.
Different effects of intravenous and local anesthesia in patients undergoing ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules: a prospective cohort study
Published in International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2022
Shuhang Gao, Yalin Zhu, Mengying Tong, Lina Wang, Shuangsong Ren, Liu Rui, Fang Yang, Zhiqing Lian, Ying Che
Major and minor complications occurred with both methods of anesthesia. Although there is no evidence to prove that the incidence of adverse events is different due to the small number of cases, we observed slightly different types of complications in both groups. Patients with IV have specific symptoms of post-procedural nausea and intra-procedural snoring. These conditions are considered to be caused by the application of intravenous anesthetics. The most common side effects of propofol and remifentanil are gastrointestinal reactions, such as nausea and vomiting. Snoring may be caused by excessive sedation or obesity (body mass index, 28.1 kg/m2). This suggests that individualized medication dosage and close anesthesia care are significantly important during IV induction.
Factors influencing patient delay in individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea: a study based on an integrated model
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2022
Hui Zhang, Chunguang Liang, Xin Zhang, Haitao Yu, Xiangru Yan, Liying Wang, Tong Tong, Huiying Zhang, Hongliang Dai, Huijuan Tong
The downstream factors include factors related to patients’ innate personal characteristics. This study found that OSA patients who had snored for more than ten years had a 3.559-fold increased risk of delay in seeking medical treatment than those who had snored for less than 3 years. Snoring as the most common symptom of OSA patients is often one of the first symptoms that appear at an early stage. In this study, snoring was found to be one of the first symptoms among 73.46% of the patients. Numerous epidemiological surveys have demonstrated the prevalence of snoring among adolescents and adults [58,59]. The lack of awareness of OSA makes it difficult for potential OSA patients to recognize snoring as an informative indicator of OSA, thus contributing to OSA patients’ delays in seeking care. A survey showed that snoring is considered a stigma in the United States, as well as obesity, and that the first reaction of many OSA patients to apnoea is to simply deny the disease [60]. Studies have confirmed that the stigma associated with many diseases or related symptoms (e.g. AIDS, cancer and obesity) contributes to patients’ avoidance of medical attention [61,62]. The stigma that snoring brings to patients may be one reason that drives patients to avoid seeking medical care. What is more important, OSA as a chronic disease will gradually make patients accept and adapt to the pains it brings, and the more patients get used to the symptoms, the less likely they are to seek medical care because of their snoring.
Circadian preference and stroke characteristics: A descriptive study
Published in Chronobiology International, 2022
Eveli Truksinas, Cristina Frange, Giuliano da Paz, Eliana Lottenberg Vago, Monica Levy Andersen, Sergio Tufik, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho
Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances are common and potentially modifiable risk factors for stroke (Bassetti 2019). There is increasing evidence that sleep disorders including sleep-disordered breathing (i.e., obstructive sleep apnea, central apnea, and Cheyne-stoke breathing), insomnia, hypersomnia, parasomnias, and sleep-related movement disorders (i.e., restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement) are intimately interconnected with an increased risk of cerebrovascular events, including circadian desynchronization (Koo et al. 2018). Short or long sleep duration, snoring, and excessive daytime sleepiness have been associated with a 10–40% increased risk for cardiovascular diseases (Li et al. 2015, 2016; Sofi et al. 2014). Sleep disturbance has been shown to be a triggering factor for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events (Kostenko and Petrova 2018; Kostenko et al. 2016; Magee et al. 2012). The stroke event per se can cause numerous sleep disorders, desynchronizing the activity of the central nervous system and harming the master clock and its connections.