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)