on world sleep day You will notice many sleep health awareness activities being planned. You’ll find experts talking about the importance of sleep and its connection to your health. There are now studies revealing that there is a specific type of medication that can help people with sleep apnea. A study by Columbia University researchers has suggested that statins, a cholesterol-lowering drug, may increase the risk of heart disease. May reduce heart disease in people with obstructive sleep apnea
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAC) therapy is known to improve sleep quality. It also reduces daytime fatigue in people with obstructive sleep apnea. But based on findings from recent clinical trials, this therapy doesn’t improve heart health. According to Columbia University researchers,
It is therefore imperative that medical professionals find other ways to reduce the incidence of heart disease in people with sleep apnea. There is an urgent need because the condition is known to triple the risk.
• heart attack
• Rhythm
• Another serious cardiovascular event.
Statins and sleep apnea
According to a new study led by Sanja Jelic, MD, associate professor of medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, statins may be a way to improve the heart health of people with sleep apnea.
The study included approximately 87 obstructive sleep apnea patients. CPAP-treated participants were randomly assigned to receive statin therapy or placebo.
The researchers found that statins, not CPAP, protect blood vessels from the dangerous inflammatory changes that occur in people with sleep apnea.
What are statins?
Experts often tell people to make lifestyle changes to lower their cholesterol. But if we talk about drugs Your doctor will prescribe statins. Because they can help lower blood levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, most of us know LDL cholesterol as “bad cholesterol.” According to the National Health Service, statins help reduce the production of “bad” cholesterol. bad in the liver
If you have high LDL cholesterol levels, it can be dangerous for you. It can lead to narrowing and hardening of the arteries and cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to the NHS.
The main types of CVD you should be aware of are:
• coronary heart disease
• heart attack
• Rhythm
You may be told to take a statin if you have one.
• You have been diagnosed with CVD.
• Your family and personal medical history suggests that you may have coronary heart disease at some point in your life.
obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
When you often stop breathing during sleep and snoring loudly That’s called obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. According to data from the World Health Organization Pausing your breath cuts off the oxygen delivery to your body for just a few seconds. It also stops the removal of carbon dioxide from your body. Because of this, your brain briefly wakes you up. It opens the airways again and helps to start breathing again. All of this happened in just a few seconds. But it seems very disturbing. It can happen many times during the night. therefore making it difficult to sleep because you do not sleep well During the day, you may feel excessively sleepy during the day. May have trouble concentrating and sometimes have headaches
