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Re: Does apnea affect your eyes?

Posted by Captin Cannuck on September 25, 2007 at 10:58:01:

In Reply to: Re: Does apnea affect your eyes? posted by Alamo Joe on September 24, 2007 at 19:38:43:

I searched "Apnea eyes", and there are studies saying that untreated sleep apnea can cause glacoma. This in addition to other undesirable health consequences (hypertension, strokes, cardiovascular troubles, arrithmyas, and so on.

I suggest treatment with CPAP/APAP for people who have untreated sleep apnea. This is the treatment of choice for the syndrome. It will most likely do you a lot of good. In addition to allowing you a better night's sleep, it often plays a positive role in helping related health issues.

About sinuses, CPAP therapy will dilate and expand sinuses passages. This happens as a result of pressurization (a little bit like when we put air into a balloon). I have read that the airway becomes up to thirty percent larger. I can feel this effect on my sinuses. Sometimes when I have a cold and my sinuses are blocked, when the CPAP on for about five minutes, the passages clear. I think that this is because their walls are expanding, which resolves the blockage.

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