Need “real” Doctors to ask my Question on Sleep Apnea. Can Sleep Apnea cause death?

3 Comments

1. Sage says:

   July 21, 2010 at 11:54 am

   Because sleep apnea causes high blood pressure, and heart disease, among other things, the answer to your question is “yes” it can cause death.
2. CWEEZY(: says:

   July 21, 2010 at 11:56 am

   Yes, because it can cause you to stop breathing in your sleep & you more than likely wont wake up.
3. Remy says:

   July 21, 2010 at 12:41 pm

   I’m not a real doctor, but I have some experience with sleep apnea.

   There are people who die because of their sleep apnea. And the “real” doctors can confirm what I said. Some of them died in sleep, but the majority died these causes:

   – cardiovascular disease.

   – workplace and automobile accidents

   – congestive heart failure during sleep

   – fatal arrhythmia

   – stroke

   – long pauses of breathing in sleep, or cessation of breathing

   In general, the death from sleep apnea may appear in case you don’t treat yourself for a long period of time. Many people know that, untreated, sleep apnea can be progressive, worsening in time, until it presents a real threat to life.

   However, I think it’s difficult to tell if sleep apnea itself is fatal, but the effect it has in cardiovascular system contributes to increased mortality. Don’t you think?

   Not to mention that people with sleep apnea may develop diabetes, high blood pressure with stroke. And many of them die from car accident, too (because they are drowsy at the wheel)