{"id":38080,"date":"2024-01-06T07:39:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/uncategorized\/risk-factors-complications-and-prevention-of-obstructive-sleep-apnea\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T18:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:39:07","slug":"risk-factors-complications-and-prevention-of-obstructive-sleep-apnea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/food-and-nutrition\/risk-factors-complications-and-prevention-of-obstructive-sleep-apnea\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk factors, complications, and prevention of obstructive sleep apnea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are factors that can affect the increased risk of <strong>sleep apnea<\/strong>, but complications should be watched for and some behavioral rules that can help in prevention should be adopted.<\/p>\n<h3>Examples of risk factors include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Excess weight. Obesity greatly increases the risk of sleep apnea. Fat deposits located around the upper respiratory tract, throat nose and mouth may obstruct can proper respiratory function.<\/li>\n<li>Neck circumference. People with a more double neck or greater spread of fat may have more difficulty breathing with more restricted airways.<\/li>\n<li>Narrower anatomical throat conformation, partly due to the presence of particularly obstructive tonsils and adenoids.<\/li>\n<li>Being male and overweight, since the incidence of <strong>AONs<\/strong> is higher in the male sex and more significant in case of body fat accumulation.<\/li>\n<li>Being older is a factor that exposes more to <strong>AONs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Family history. Another risk factor if apneas are already present in one&#8217;s family members&#8217; medical history certainly constitutes a possible predisposition.<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol consumption, the use of sedative or muscle relaxant drugs, which cause excessive relaxation of the throat muscles making obstructive sleep apnea worse.<\/li>\n<li>Smoking Habit. Smoking produces heat and increases inflammation of the throat and upper airway, also causing water retention.<\/li>\n<li>Nasal congestion. A nose clogged with mucus or affected by allergy problems is not conducive to breathing and forces the use of the mouth and apnea disorder.<\/li>\n<li>Clinical conditions such as, previous illnesses such as chronic respiratory disease, asthma, stroke, Heart failure, hypertension, type 2 diabetes or Parkinson&#8217;s disease, hormonal disorders are possible risk factors for sleep apneaeas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Complications:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>As sleep apnea is a medical condition with serious conditions for the patient&#8217;s quality of life<\/strong>,<strong> attention should be paid to possible complications<\/strong>,<strong> including<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daytime fatigue accompanied by drowsiness during daytime hours, sometimes exhaustion and irritability, implying a constant risk of traffic accidents or work-related injuries.<\/li>\n<li>Depressed mood, short-tempered attitude.<\/li>\n<li>Hypertension or heart problems.<\/li>\n<li>Arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation.<\/li>\n<li>Sudden death due to hypoxemia.<\/li>\n<li>Type 2 diabetes, increased insulin resistance.<\/li>\n<li>Metabolic syndrome, with hypertension, high cholesterol levels, high blood sugar, and visceral fat.<\/li>\n<li>Complications with drugs and surgery. Instructional sleep apnea is a problem when anesthesia is needed or when sedatives are administered. Before surgery, the physician should always be informed of the presence of this condition.<\/li>\n<li>Liver problems. People with sleep apnea complain of altered liver function tests and often &#8220;fatty liver&#8221; as well.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy snoring also damages the rest of those next to the snoring person, depriving them, too, of regular and restful sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patients should limit body positions during sleep, keeping in mind that the supine position is most conducive to snoring.<\/p>\n<h3>Prevention:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For milder cases of obstructive<\/strong> sleep <strong>apnea<\/strong>,<strong> some preventive measures can be taken<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weight loss.<\/li>\n<li>Regular physical activity.<\/li>\n<li>Moderate or, better yet, avoid alcohol consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding smoking.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid taking anti-allergic medications, and use a nasal decongestant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are factors that can affect the increased risk of sleep apnea, but complications should be watched for and some behavioral rules that can help in prevention should be adopted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8782,"featured_media":27151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[]},"categories":[1730,1741,1744],"tags":[],"corpo":[1763,1771,1761,1762],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-38080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-nutrition","category-general-medicine","category-mind-and-brain","corpo-heart-and-circulation","corpo-nervous-system","corpo-respiratory-system","corpo-urogenital-system","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40056,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38080\/revisions\/40056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38080"},{"taxonomy":"corpo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corpo?post=38080"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myspecialdoctor.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=38080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}