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Sleep Apnea Causing Nighttime Urination

Posted: December 3rd 2009 By editor1         under: Health News     Tags: ,

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea may be one of the reasons behind night time urination. People who wake up too much for peeing at night should understand that it is not just for being urology related but also sleep related.

So people who sleep less at night could be more prone to wake up for a leak and this would in turn

imbalance their sleep cycle further. The soft tissue blocks and throat air blockage may cause sleep apnea and so the lungs are deprived of airs causing disruption in sleep. This is one of the main causes for sleep related issues.

Nighttime urination usually follows during nocturia and can even make someone snore as a form of expression of this obstruction of air. New researches have shown that nocturia and sleep apnea can later bring serious conditions in health if not tended to well enough.

These are supposed to be some of the main causes for bringing down patients with problems in later age. Lack of sleep can also result in the form of stress. This can bring elderly people on the risk of other diseases as well. A common way for counteracting this problem is bringing PAP or more positive airway pressure.This can reduce some of the symptoms of nocturia that can prevent the more debilitating effects of over the period sleep deprivation.

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