Additional Bennefits of CPAP
- TangledHose
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Additional Bennefits of CPAP
This excerpt is taken from the article link found up above in the sleep apnea news section "Science Q & A"
Q. Sleep apnea is treated with positive airway pressure that helps to lower systemic inflammation. Might that prevent some of the other problems associated with the disorder?
A. Doctors have plenty of good reasons to persuade people with sleep apnea to get it treated. The widespread disorder causes disruptions in breathing at night, which can ruin sleep and raise the likelihood of problems like obesity and fatigue.
The standard treatment for the condition, a mask worn at night that delivers continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, significantly improves apnea, even though many people don’t like to wear it. But the mask may do more than restore normal breathing at night. Some research suggests it reduces inflammation, benefiting overall health.
Many studies have looked at the link between sleep apnea and high levels of inflammatory markers. To get a clearer picture of the connection, a team of researchers recently carried out a meta-analysis that pooled data from two dozen trials involving over 1,000 patients. It was published last month.
The data suggested that treating apnea with CPAP significantly reduces levels of two proteins associated with inflammation: tumour necrosis factor and C-reactive protein, or CRP. Sleep apnea is a risk factor for several severe chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. It is not clear whether apnea helps drive the development of these disorders or vice versa. But reducing inflammation may be one way in which treatment with CPAP reverses some of the long-term consequences of the sleep disorder.
Q. Sleep apnea is treated with positive airway pressure that helps to lower systemic inflammation. Might that prevent some of the other problems associated with the disorder?
A. Doctors have plenty of good reasons to persuade people with sleep apnea to get it treated. The widespread disorder causes disruptions in breathing at night, which can ruin sleep and raise the likelihood of problems like obesity and fatigue.
The standard treatment for the condition, a mask worn at night that delivers continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, significantly improves apnea, even though many people don’t like to wear it. But the mask may do more than restore normal breathing at night. Some research suggests it reduces inflammation, benefiting overall health.
Many studies have looked at the link between sleep apnea and high levels of inflammatory markers. To get a clearer picture of the connection, a team of researchers recently carried out a meta-analysis that pooled data from two dozen trials involving over 1,000 patients. It was published last month.
The data suggested that treating apnea with CPAP significantly reduces levels of two proteins associated with inflammation: tumour necrosis factor and C-reactive protein, or CRP. Sleep apnea is a risk factor for several severe chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. It is not clear whether apnea helps drive the development of these disorders or vice versa. But reducing inflammation may be one way in which treatment with CPAP reverses some of the long-term consequences of the sleep disorder.
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- ChicagoGranny
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
I would not consider that an "additional" benefit. IMO, it's one of many primary benefits.wrote:Additional Benefits of CPAP
We don't breathe just for the sake of breathing nor for the sake of sleeping. We breathe to deliver oxygen to every cell in the body and help keep those cells healthy.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
ChicagoGranny wrote:I would not consider that an "additional" benefit. IMO, it's one of many primary benefits.wrote:Additional Benefits of CPAP
We don't breathe just for the sake of breathing nor for the sake of sleeping. We breathe to deliver oxygen to every cell in the body and help keep those cells healthy.
"WHATEVER"
The title does it's job: gets readers' attention
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
TangledHose wrote:"WHATEVER"
whatever floats your goat
Definition: Phrase used instead of whatever floats your boat to describe that any course of action is acceptable with the person that says it. Goats are more bouyant than boats. Therefore the phrase is more flexible than boats. And better.
Example #1 in conversation:
Person 1: I should... eat a pony. And a small child.
Person 2: Whatever floats your goat, man.
Example #2 in conversation:
Person 1: It's not an additional event, it's a primary event.
Person 2: Whatever floats your goat, ma'am.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
I wonder if my cancer would have been worse if I had not been using cpap for the last five years.
Nice when the important things fall into place.
Nice when the important things fall into place.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
I've been having very naughty dreams when using my CPAP. I consider that an additional benefit.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
Serves as a very small room air filter. Jim
At least they got paid for the print, that's why they wrote the obvious, over again. Jim Hope it wasn't money I paid for a rehash! Unless it a us government grant it's not!
At least they got paid for the print, that's why they wrote the obvious, over again. Jim Hope it wasn't money I paid for a rehash! Unless it a us government grant it's not!
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
as long as we're on nitpick monday,ChicagoGranny wrote:deliver oxygen to every cell in the body and help keep those cells healthy.
*MOST* cells in the body, that glorious mane of hair you've got there, all dead. your glowing complexion, all dead.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
Good, let's keep it up.PailRider wrote:as long as we're on nitpick monday
No, above the skin line, hair is not made up of cells. That hair is made up of long chain amino acids called keratin. There is no longer a cell nucleus present so it is wrong to say hair is composed of cells.PailRider wrote:*MOST* cells in the body, that glorious mane of hair you've got there, all dead
.PotRider wrote:*MOST* cells in the body - all dead
Not mine. But I suspect it fits you.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
at least when I creatively edit someone out of context, I have the decency to put in an ellipsis so people know something is missing. want to comment the amount of living in the cells in your visible part of the largest organ of your body?Chicago'sFanny wrote:.PotRider wrote:*MOST* cells in the body - all dead
Not mine. But I suspect it fits you.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
I noticed a study saying the shortness of breath that some people experience during
exercise is partially caused by a partial collapse of the airway during exercise. It seems
that after starting cpap treatment this condition improves.
exercise is partially caused by a partial collapse of the airway during exercise. It seems
that after starting cpap treatment this condition improves.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
Athletic performance often improves, along with erotic performance.
Hooray for oxygen!
Hooray for oxygen!
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chunkyfrog wrote:Athletic performance often improves, along with erotic performance.
Hooray for oxygen!
PARTY TIME!!!
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
LOL!!!!!!!! Would someone kindly pass the popcorn on this lovely Monday evening?palerider wrote:at least when I creatively edit someone out of context, I have the decency to put in an ellipsis so people know something is missing. want to comment the amount of living in the sells in your visible part of the largest organ of your body?Chicago'sFanny wrote:.PotRider wrote:*MOST* cells in the body - all dead
Not mine. But I suspect it fits you.
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Re: Additional Bennefits of CPAP
OMG... CHICAGO FANNY????????????????????
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