another 2000 sleep apnea

Looks like 2000 was a bad year for sleep apnea. I've my CPAP since then and I won't even try to take a nap without it. I still breakout on my nose but I sleep sooo much better. On my sleep study I slept for 5.1 hrs and stopped breathing 444 times and was told it was not severe. My wife was after me for about 5 years to be tested. We’ll she was right again. I just had my PM about 10 days ago and was not aware that needing a PM and having sleep apnea were some how related.

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sleep apnea and arrythmias?

by schenkak - 2009-01-14 01:01:16

I was diagnosed with sleap apnea about 2.5 years ago but did not tolerate the cpap machine and was unaware of how serious it could be...2.5 years of untreated sleep-apnea and a month ago I had to have an emergency PM implanted for tachycardia/bradycardia syndrome...I am unsure just *how* sleep apnea and arrythmia problems are related but I now use the cpap *all* the time. Am bummed about the PM though...wish I had treated the sleep apnea when I should have...

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