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Re: Is this a symptom of sleep apnea?

Posted by AlA on May 06, 2002 at 05:10:19:

In Reply to: Is this a symptom of sleep apnea? posted by Cheryl on May 06, 2002 at 03:42:44:

I do not know exactly what your husband experienced, but I had something similar.

I had two episodes in which I would wake up and not be able to breathe at all. I would situp in bed, and swallow and wet my throat and it would open up. Obviously these were very scary events.

What happened was that my airways basically closed and dried shut. After a moment of rewetting I could breathe agin.

My wife had complained for years about my snoring, gasping and breath holding in my sleep. It was these episodes that finally motivated me to go to the doctor. She knew best, and I wish I had listened and gotten treatment earlier.

He has to get checked out - this is not a problem he can delay on. After starting treatment my blood pressure dropped ten points the first two weeks, no more night sweats, I get up once or not at all during the night vs three or four times before, and I do not feel like I may fall asleep on the half-hour drive home in the evening.

If he has apnea the benefits of treatment in terms of quality of life and over all long term health can be huge. If he does not have apena his problem could life threating in the short term.

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