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Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - retired_guy - 04-17-2015 This just came up on NBC news. A lot that we already know, but may be very beneficial for those not yet diagnosed. http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/sleep-apnea-linked-earlier-memory-loss-study-n342931 RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - iSnore - 04-17-2015 Interesting you should post that today, RG. Yesterday, my wife, who probably needs CPAP worse than I do, IM'd me this version: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/15/us-sleep-apnea-dementia-idUSKBN0N62IM20150415 She wants to follow after I've blazed the CPAP trail for us. RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - Mich - 04-17-2015 (04-17-2015, 12:15 AM)retired_guy Wrote: This just came up on NBC news. A lot that we already know, but may be very beneficial for those not yet diagnosed. Thank you for sharing! RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - OpalRose - 04-17-2015 (04-17-2015, 12:15 AM)retired_guy Wrote: This just came up on NBC news. A lot that we already know, but may be very beneficial for those not yet diagnosed. Hi retired_guy, Thanks for the article. I wish I knew about SA 5 years ago, or at least my Doctor should have recognized my symptoms. Anyway, I just emailed the article to my very stubborn husband. He seems more open to reading articles than hearing me talk about it. Although, I think it normal for hubbys not to listen to wives advice. RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - TiredToo - 04-17-2015 I stumbled on this one shortly before making my sleep study appointment. I was pretty much convinced that I had early-onset Alzheimer's until I saw this article and it opened my eyes. http://doctorstevenpark.com/5-areas-of-brain-damage-caused-by-obstructive-sleep-apnea And just in case that link doesn't comply with board rules, here is the text: Quote:5 Areas of Brain Damage Caused By Obstructive Sleep Apnea RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - PaulaO2 - 04-17-2015 The thing to note, however, is that all of these are for those with UNTREATED sleep apnea. Those of us who use our machines and track our data to ensure we are getting the right treatment are doing just fine. RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - GrammaBear - 04-17-2015 The doctor who referred me for a sleep study back in 2009 was my Endocrinologist and he was treating my insulin dependent diabetes. Thank God for doctors who have an open mind. My husband told me after I had the sleep study that I had been snoring for years, but of course I didn't listen to him prior to the study. RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - truetopath - 04-17-2015 Good read, and a good potential motivator for those who are in denial or refusing testing. RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - PaulaO2 - 04-17-2015 My brother is having memory issues. I've been after him for years to get a sleep study but he says he doesn't want anything up his nose. I sent him these links. It's up to him to connect the dots. I can't do it for him. RE: Sleep Apnea and Altzheimers - retired_guy - 04-17-2015 I don't know if it's only gender specific or not, but it does seem like an awful lot of "us guys" think we are indestructible. Or perhaps we think it's our "job" to be destructed a little at a time to prove how big our ----- abilities are. Hopefully simple articles like this one might inspire some of the guys who would rather not end up drooling on their pancakes while being totally dependent on someone else to clean up after them. I am proud of myself that I was enlightened enough to take being banished to the far reaches of my home to sleep, to not being able to drive 1 mile to the post office without falling asleep, and all the other stuff, that I got tested and treated. I only wish all my brothers out there in macho land would just man-up and do the same. |