Science is making some steps to catch up with Snoredog

The morons in the medical profession are gradually beginning to understand the extent of the problem:

Greater than 50 percent of all people over 65 years of age have obstructive sleep apnea, and most people are never diagnosed with the disorder.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/ ... etail.html#-

Love the subject title, rooster!

Well, many moons ago I started a thread about knowing my husband (justed turned 55) has OSA, but he wouldn't get tested, using the excuse (may be a valid reason on his part, we'll see) that he didn't have insurance. Well, as of the first of November, he has insurance (got the cards yesterday). He was able to increase his hours at work enough for us all be covered there (my son and I had been on individual insurance).



Now, the "loving" nagging from me begins anew! (Comments, however valid, about upping his life insurance, or something similar don't work with him. He knows the seriousness, goodness knows he's heard me talk about it enough. But he doesn't take is seriously, if that makes any sense.)

This is actually old news, we morons have been aware of this since February:

Pavlova et al at B&W

However, the most significant point of these findings is that the study group was composed of non-obese, completely healthy individuals. Which now begs the question if an age-weighted value of "abnormal values" needs to be considered.

Regardless, I can assure you that science has no desire to catch up with Snoredog.

SAG

Greater than 50 percent of all people over 65 years of age have obstructive sleep apnea, . . . .

According to one study, the over-65-ers WITH OSAS are better off. I'm still waiting for this to get debunked . . .

The new study followed 611 patients aged 65 and over for more than four years.

Patients with moderate sleep apnoea were less likely to die over the course of the study than those who did not have the condition, the results show.

By the end of the four years, three times as many people without sleep apnoea died as had the condition.

Mortality rates in patients with light and severe sleep apnoea were the same as the general population, the study also found.

Peretz Lavie, who carried out the research at the Lloyd Rigler Sleep Apnoea Research Laboratory, in Haifa, Israel, said that the results were "astonishing".

"We know that sleep apnoea does reduce life expectancy for people under the age of 50, so to find that it could actually prolong life for elderly patients was quite a shock."

--http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... -life.html

jnk wrote: ........
Patients with moderate sleep apnoea were less likely to die over the course of the study than those who did not have the condition, the results show.

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Yes Jeff, the ones with sleep apnea are at home tired nights and weekends. They are not out dying from late night car accidents, gunshot wounds from jealous husbands, and overexertion from sports.

rooster wrote:

jnk wrote: ........
Patients with moderate sleep apnoea were less likely to die over the course of the study than those who did not have the condition, the results show.

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Yes Jeff, the ones with sleep apnea are at home tired nights and weekends. They are not out dying from late night car accidents, gunshot wounds from jealous husbands, and overexertion from sports.

And I guess anyone caught trying to suffocate someone 65 or older can now claim that they were just trying to prolong the victim's life. (I shoulda been a lawyer!)

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/ ... etail.html

Wearyone..I feel your pain and his...I have worn the mask for 3 years. and I did inded feel almost foolish and intimidated. My health is so much better now. My BP is in a healthy range and I always waited until my hubby turned out the lights to put the mask on and sometimes I would cover my head with a sheet. So if he feels he is less of a man or some such rediculous feeling, let me assure him it is worth it. I've been there. My husband is grateful for the rest he and I get now. No snoring, no struggling just peace and quiet. Would he rent a oximeter or have a dr to order the test and just put his finger in the clip and sleep one night. My O2 was in the 70's and should be in the 90's. Maybe that would convince him. Tell him you do not want another Reggie White on your hands. The thing I believe why most people go into denial is that they can not see the distrucion that is going on inside your body. Cells breaking down. Heart, lungs not in sync (Tell him to listen to a car that needs tuning..nothing is jiving.) Bottomline is Stroke, Heart attack, I could go on and it will happen. I say all this to try to convince anyone who suspects..rule it out or rule it in....Love to you all.

We can all be angels to one another. ..., the little whisper that says,Go. Ask. Reach out. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance.

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