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Posted by Frank on January 11, 2001 at 20:33:56:In Reply to: Re: Just how "bad" is my OSA? posted by Tiggaroo on January 11, 2001 at 08:28:52:
I'm not sure that the numbers are a quantative predictor of things bad. Certianly, if you are 'severe' then it is reasonable to expect that say heart failure or hypertension etc will be more severe also, and if you are 'moderate', then the mass of side effects will be less severe, but if it all goes bad, dead is dead, and I have not read anything where one could correllate say an RDI number to the severity of any of the usual accompanying symptoms, or the likelyhood of contracting one of the many problems that many have. For instance not every apneac has diabetes, but we are at risk, no matter what our numbers. I suspect that the length of time suffering is every bit as important as the magnitude of the numbers. And of course, the nembers are a definitave dx. I also have to believe that the numbers are somewhat personal also. We could 'feel' different levels of misery even though our numbers are the same.
You got the watching for potential problems right. I'd watch for everything, no matter how small the likelyhood.
- Re: Just how "bad" is my OSA? Tiggaroo 22:18 1/11/01 (2)
- Re: Just how "bad" is my OSA? Frank 06:39 1/12/01 (0)
- Re: Just how "bad" is my OSA? jeanne 05:12 1/12/01 (0)
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