Sleep Apnea and Impotence
Sleep and the regular and constant intake of oxygen and expulsion of carbon dioxide are vital to a person's health. All are negatively affected by sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a disorder in which a person will stop breathing repeatedly during sleep, causing a person to progressively mentally and physically deteriorate due to a lack of sleep and also the lack of oxygen and high levels of carbon dioxide.
Sleep apnea can impair almost all bodily functions. For instance, sleep apnea is often responsible for metabolic slowdown resulting in a person putting on weight, and there is also a link between sleep apnea and impotence / sexual dysfunction. Over a prolonged time, sleep apnea can cause severe health issues such as heart failure and even result in the inevitable; death.
The solution, in theory, is simple: curtail sleep apnea and reduce the negative side effects. For each type of sleep apnea there are different solutions.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea is caused by obstruction or closing in of the airways during sleep. Machines and devices can be used to help prevent this, such as devices which force the jaw forward opening the airways more, or devices preventing the tongue folding backwards and obstructing the airways. Machines such as the CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) can be worn during sleep to keep the airways open, allowing a person to breathe normally. Behavioural and lifestyle treatments you can make yourself can also have a huge impact upon defeating sleep apnea. (For more information on Behavioural and Lifestyle treatments, go here.
Central Sleep Apnea is caused by the brain failing to send signals to the lungs instructing them to breath. A person with Central Sleep Apnea is usually treated by medication, or perhaps by using the CPAP machine, which seems to encourage continued breathing in Central Sleep Apnea sufferers also.
If you have been feeling tired, and have an incline you don't sleep good, and also suffer from impotence or sexual dysfunction, there is a possibility you are suffering primarily from sleep apnea and impotence is a resulting effect.
Consult with your G.P. and discuss possible treatments available to you. Sleep Apnea Articles |
