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Sleep Apnea May Cause Nighttime Urination

by David Freeman - HealthDay Reporter  | HealthDay

Many doctors unaware the sleep disorder boosts urine production, experts say

"When you ask people about symptoms like snoring and gasping, they tend to say, 'No, I don't have them'," said study author Edward Romero, research coordinator at the Sleep & Human Health Institute in Albuquerque, N.M. "But it's very easy for them to realize that they wake up at night to go to the bathroom."

SUNDAY, Nov. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People who wake up during the night to urinate shouldn't automatically blame a urological problem. Sleep apnea, a breathing-related sleep disorder, could be the cause.

A new study suggests that nighttime urination, or nocturia, is comparable to loud snoring as a marker for obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which soft tissue in the throat blocks the flow of air into the lungs, disrupting sleep.

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Nocturia and Snoring: Predictive Symptoms for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Abstract

Purpose: Current screening for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) emphasizes self-reported snoring and other breathing symptoms. Nocturia, a symptom with a precise pathophysiological link to sleep apnea, has not been assessed as a screening tool for this common disorder of sleep respiration. In a large sample of adults presenting to area sleep centers, we aimed to determine the predictive power of nocturia for OSA and compare findings with other markers of OSA commonly used to screen for this disease.

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Dr. Krakow's Sleep Blog

  • Veterans sleep study may help curb soldiers' recurring nightmares Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:01

    Researchers look at brain activity

    By LAURA STONE, Canwest News Service

    Sometimes, when Cpl. Sylvain Chartrand tries to sleep, he sees a woman and girl fleeing from rising flames.

    A reservist who went to Bosnia in 1993, Chartrand remembers witnessing many things he does not wish to relive: the dead, the hostages and that little girl who cannot keep up with her mother as the village behind them burns to the ground.

     

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    Tags: ptsd

  • Quick Morphine Treatment May Help Prevent PTSD Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:46

    By Allie Montgomery
    Published: Thursday, 14 January 2010

    Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) affects both active duty soldiers and war veterans, but now there may be a way to help prevent it. Immediately administering a treatment of morphine to troops wounded in the field can cut the chance in half that they will develop PTSD, according to a new study that is suggesting a new strategy for preventing the psychological fallout of war.

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