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Re: smoking and sleep apnea

Posted by sleepyrick on April 23, 1998 at 11:09:24:

In Reply to: Re: smoking and sleep apnea posted by docd on April 22, 1998 at 13:52:55:

smoking definately makes apnea worse, but does not cause it. The carbon monoxide in your blood from smoking occupies some of the hemeoglobin (red blood cells) and then the blood cannot carry as much oxygen. Then you add sleep apnea, which prevents oxygen from getting to the lungs in the first place, and you have a compound problem.

Nicotine is a very powerful stimulant (among other properties, and it makes you spend more time in light sleep and have more "micro arousals". Nicotine robs you of quality of sleep. That is why the they say not to smoke near bedtime.

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