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Asthma a Risk Factor for Sleep Apnea

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Researchers have found that we can now add asthma to the list of risk factors for sleep apnea. The University of Wisconsin research team looked at data from the Wisconsin sleep cohort study which has been following 1500 people since 1988. They discovered that patients who had asthma were much more likely to develop sleep apnea.

The connection between asthma and obstructive sleep apnea was even stronger if the study participants had developed asthma as children. These patients were almost 2 1/2 times more likely to develop sleep apnea. How long someone had asthma also affected the chances of developing obstructive sleep apnea.

If you are diabetic, overweight, experience excessive daytime sleepiness or have asthma you may suffer from obstructive sleep apnea.

Please contact South Florida sleep apnea dentist Dr. Kenneth A. Mogell today at 1-800-MORE-SLEEP to schedule your consultation to see if oral appliance therapy is right for you.

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