Sunday, January 10, 2010

To fall asleep too fast is not necessarily good "fell down asleep" may be precursors

Dramatically increased the pressure of life in modern society, sleep is a kind of rare incense realm, those who fall asleep quickly, a sense Shuidaotianliang the "god of sleep," particularly admired by others. However, according to the U.S. "Science Daily" website May 11, U.S. and Egypt where the University of Mexico to a new study results show that people who sleep too fast is often accompanied by a considerable portion of "sleep apnea", which may cause increased blood pressure , thereby increasing the risk of heart disease.

"Fell down asleep" is not necessarily a good thing

As the saying goes, "Chun Kun lack autumn summer nap, Shui Buxing winter in March." Sleep as a necessary process of life, is the body recovery, integration and consolidation of memory, an important part. In daily life, those who "fell down asleep," "one's sleep" who is often too much envy, with these "sleep ability," are often regarded as healthy. But is this really true?

From the bed ready to fall asleep to the EEG shows sleep, which normally takes 15 to 30 minutes, time is too short or too long are in fact abnormal symptoms, too long is that people are familiar with the "-type insomnia difficulty falling asleep"; but too short is often overlooked and misunderstood. The fact is, "fell down asleep," is likely to be issued a warning sign of the body is a precursor to the arrival of the disease.

Taiwan will be the end of May of Sleep Medicine published a study reported that only a serious lack of sleep or suffering from certain sleep disorders (such as "Sleep Apnea", refers to the phenomenon of sleep apnea occurs, the disease usually in the airway caused by mechanical problems, and sometimes nervous system disorders may also be a precursor to) the only ones who have "fall asleep" and ability. These people not only in bed, "fell down asleep," and even be able to sleep sitting or standing.

Taiwan Sleep Medicine Supervisors Lu Zheng-han said that in Taiwan, the prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome is about 3%, but the majority of patients do not know. Wait until the disease for a long time before they come to sleep clinic to seek treatment, when a long period of sleep, the brain and central nervous system hypoxia, may have been deeper level of injury, lost a golden opportunity early treatment.

Obstructive disease accounted for the bulk

Sleep apnea is how to "disaster" nervous system? The American Medical Boshiteli? Yang, "New England Journal of Medicine," wrote that the clinical definition of apnea refers to breathing for at least two 10-second intervals, which occur during human phenomena such as blood oxygen saturation decreased.

Under normal circumstances, sleep apnea syndrome can be divided into three types: central type, block type and complex type. Central-type refers to the brain ceases to control the breathing airway muscles to issue a corresponding signal, causing apnea; obstructive airway muscle occurs because of physical relaxation, so that the trachea narrows, temporarily blocking access; hybrid is the first two mixed. Three types of symbolic representations are "loud snoring"

Among the three types of sleep apnea, the most people are familiar with, the highest incidence of obstructive type, together accounted for 84% of the total cases, central and complex type were only 0.4% and 15%.

Interrupted breathing hundreds of times a night

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients, the brain will be sensitive to the body of oxygen, then orders the body forced breathing, resulting in a brief awakening. Once awake, throat to restore tension, open up airways, breathing was restored to normal, the patient can also go to sleep. However, fall asleep and then began to relax throat collapse, breathing force an accompanying increase in the degree of sleep was interrupted again. Interrupt this vicious cycle of sleep every night hundreds of times over, resulting in patients unable to deep sleep, so people there daytime sleepiness symptoms, thus affecting their work, and even lead to dangers such as traffic accidents. However, most of the breathing interruptions and wake up time is very short, the patient himself did not remember it.

In addition to affecting people's work and life, OSAS is even more terrible place is that it can induce high blood pressure, heart failure, myocardial infarction. The United States, director of Emory University School of Medicine Dr. Michael? Hart's research to support this view, and his relevant papers have been published in the United States, "Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology," on.

Good habits can alleviate symptoms

Although the patients are eager to get rid of this disease trouble, but we must guard against becoming a. Many small ads are claimed to have advanced equipment that can cure or a cure for OSAS, this is actually committed a common-sense errors. OSAS is a lifestyle closely linked with chronic diseases, can be controlled but it is difficult to eradicate. American Academy of Sleep Medicine provides the following general treatment options: the maintenance of ideal body weight; bedtime to avoid drinking, alcohol can inhibit breathing, so that the case of sleep apnea after more frequent serious; to avoid taking sleeping pills, it will inhibit breathing, reduce the reflection of the throat muscles and increased illness; use Ceshui posture, because some people only have apnea when lying down, but this method is only effective for some patients; relieve nasal congestion symptoms with some drugs, these drugs can the nose is used to expand access, reduce snoring, but only to improve the liquidity of nasal airflow, can not solve a serious snoring or apparent sleep apnea.

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