I was speaking more on the broader sense of the differences in the way womens health issues are researched vs mens. I am also grateful for my cpap and if it took for it to be a "mans disorder" to get more R&D then for that I am grateful.KittyMom22 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:15 amah, no need for that I think.I was just trying to connect the title of the post with the content. I had been doing research for work, so just trying to explain my mindset.
Here's some stuff to chew on:
"There are a number of pathophysiological differences to suggest why men are more prone to the disease than women. Although the exact mechanisms are unknown, differences in obesity, upper airway anatomy, breathing control, hormones, and aging are all thought to play a role. "
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560552/
"Overall, females appear to be more symptomatic, with lower apnoea–hypopnoea index scores compared to males. Furthermore, they appear to have more prolonged partial upper airway obstruction, and may report insomnia as a symptom of OSAHS more frequently. As a consequence of these differences in clinical presentation, females with sleep disordered breathing are often underdiagnosed and undertreated compared to males."
https://err.ersjournals.com/content/28/154/190030
I havent looked at those two articles you linked to critically evaluate them because I was painting in more broad strokes.
I still find it annoying that so little is known about womens heart attacks for example.
As women being more or less symptomatic you might want to hear Babydinosnoreless' story sometime. In general I think its "underdiagnosed and untreated" because its been viewed as a "mans disorder for so long". Then look at how many of us gals have metabolic disorders, pulmonary hypertension, probably undiagnosed due to the elusive nature of heart attacks in women, problems losing weight because of it, etc etc. And that doesnt even touch the insomnia.
But yup, i agree with the bits you posted there for the most part.