Night Urination Linked To Snoring
Posted: Saturday, August 06, 2011
by Dr K K Aggarwal
Heart Care Foundation of India
The results of a study which showed these findings and conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is particularly important for older adults who are at greater risk of falling and being hurt if they must get up frequently during the night to urinate.
People with nocturia often report the problem to their gynecologist or urologist but not a sleep clinician. Doctors most often attribute nocturia to aging in women or to prostate problems in men.
In sleep apnea, the soft structures in the throat relax and close off the airway. Oxygen decreases, carbon dioxide increases, the heart rate drops and blood vessels in the lung constrict. The heart starts racing and experiences a false signal of fluid overload. Body tries to get rid of sodium and water, resulting in nocturia.
In sleep apnea airway obstruction lasts for 10 seconds or more, and occurs five or more times per hour of sleep. People with the most severe cases of sleep apnea can have more than 100 such events per hour of sleep. Symptoms include snoring, restless sleep with frequent awakenings, excessive daytime sleepiness, and morning headaches
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