Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Sleep apnea symptoms can be vague and easy to ignore. Unfortunately, many people suffer with sleep apnea symptoms and sleep disorders for years before being diagnosed. Even more disturbing is the that sleep apnea may worsen diabetes, depression and other health conditions. Living with a chronic illness is difficult enough without the extra burden of a sleep disorder and feeling tired all the time.
Because of this, health care professionals and certainly diabetes educators are screening more often for sleep disorders. Some good news comes from diabetes research that shows treating sleep apnea can improve blood sugars. If you're curious to see the amazing results from this research, click here.
Sleep Apnea Symptoms and Associated Conditions
By far, the most common signs of apnea are loud snoring and feeling tired all the time. This does not mean that everyone who snores and is feeling tired all the time has sleep apnea. However, your physician will take into account some of the other possible symptoms or related conditions listed below if deciding to send you to for sleep tests.
- Loud snoring (most common symptom)
- Unusual sleepiness during the day.
- Feeling tired all the time.
- Lack of energy.
- Adequate hours of sleep but feeling exhausted, unwell or not refreshed when waking
- Told by others that stop breathing for periods during the sleep or nap;
- Gasping for air or snorting type breaths during the sleep/night
- Wake up several times during the night for no reason.
- Large neck
- Short neck
- Overbite
- Receding Chin
- Overweight
- Poor memory or concentration
- Frequent headaches or waking with headache
- Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD) - otherwise known as heartburn
- Insulin resistance including diabetes, prediabetes, poycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- High Blood Pressure
- Depression
- Heart or respiratory failure
- Impotence
If you snore or are feeling tired all the time and have other sleep apnea signs or related conditions please meet with your doctor to discuss. Do not underestimate the negative effects that sleep apnea symptoms and a sleep disorder can have on your emotions, your health, your blood sugars.
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