{"id":15445,"date":"2020-11-12T01:02:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T01:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15445"},"modified":"2020-11-12T01:02:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T01:02:14","slug":"6-things-men-dont-know-about-sleep-apnea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sleep\/6-things-men-dont-know-about-sleep-apnea\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things Men Don’t Know About Sleep Apnea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sleep apnea is a potentially fatal disease that affects men more than women, and is often triggered by obesity. Sleep apnea occurs when a man stops breathing while he sleeps. This can happen dozens of times a night, and certainly affects the quality of a man\u2019s waking hours. Men end up like zombies who have not gotten the chance to refresh and heal while they sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Linked to metabolic problems<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sleep apnea is linked to metabolic problems such as diabetes, as well as heart disease. Atrial fibrillation, heart disease and the risk of strokes can all be increased for a patient who has sleep apnea.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. More common in men than women<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Men are more likely than women to have sleep apnea: <\/span>.<\/span><\/a> The way they breathe, the upper airway anatomy, and obesity issues all play a role in this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Acid reflux connections<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sleep apnea can be related to acid reflux: Research shows that over half of sleep apnea patients also suffer from GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease. Studies also show that treating GERD also has a positive affect on a patient\u2019s sleep apnea problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Leads to high blood pressure<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Suffering from obstructive sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure. Because of the constant starting and stopping of the breathing cycle, this puts more pressure on a person\u2019s heart. This can lead to high blood pressure and a further need for invasive treatments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Daytime fatigue<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sleep apnea leads to excessive daytime fatigue. Men lose focus and productivity when they are not as sharp as they could be after a full night of sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Lost relationships<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sleep apnea can damage relationships because of the loud snoring that will annoy your bed partner. And the cure is often worse than the disease. A Cpap machine can offer relief for the patient, but the noise and cold air, as well as the decidedly un-sexy look of wearing one could cause problems in the bedroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although at first glance sleep apnea does not seem like a tragic problem, the many problems\u00a0<\/span>associated with this disease make it very difficult to deal with. From relationships to heart\u00a0<\/span>problems, your whole body can suffer with a sleep apnea diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sleep apnea is a potentially fatal disease that affects men more than women, and is often triggered by obesity. Sleep apnea occurs when a man stops breathing while he sleeps. This can happen dozens of times a night, and certainly affects the quality of a man\u2019s waking hours. Men end up like zombies who have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[693,1114,1245],"class_list":["post-15445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep","tag-sleep","tag-sleep-apnea","tag-sleep-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}