Heat increases risk for sleep apnea: New study shocked researchers!

Heat increases risk for sleep apnea: New study shocked researchers!

Wien, Österreich - Science has once again brought disillusionment in the world of health! A new research result shows that the risk of dangerous breathing interruptions increases significantly during sleep on hot days. According to the "ACASA study" under the direction of Wolfgang Dichtl from the Medical University of Innsbruck, the risk of the dreaded sleep apnea is increased by astonishing 25 percent after heat. These alarming data have been obtained from the records of patients with pacemakers, and the study results can provide significant indications of dealing with this widespread disease, which, according to Dichtl, often remains undetected.

In the study, which was carried out over a period of more than a decade, the nocturnal respiratory patterns were analyzed by patients. The warmer the evening before, the higher the risk of massive sleep apnea at night - at 30 degrees the probability increases significantly compared to cooler temperatures. It is particularly noteworthy that younger people and women who are normally less affected react more to temperature changes. In addition, air humidity and place of residence play a crucial role: in higher altitudes, the negative effects of the heat are less pronounced.

drug progress against sleep apnea

But research does not end here! A team from Flinders University in Australia has achieved a groundbreaking change in the treatment of sleep apnea. You have modified two existing medication in such a way that the severity of the disease could be reduced by at least 30 percent. Sleep apnea, a dangerous disease in which the respiratory tract is blocked during sleep and the oxygen absorption drops drastically, can lead to serious problems such as cardiovascular diseases, depression and even a higher risk of car accidents.

Thanks to the newly developed medication, muscle activity around the airways of the test subjects could be significantly increased, which led to a significant improvement in sleep quality. The current results, published in the Journal of Physiology, offer hope for new, more effective therapies for a disease that is often treated with unpleasant mask therapy. The researchers now want to investigate how these drugs can be combined in order to achieve even better treatment results, and science remains at the pulse of time to improve the life of those affected.

The multifaceted research landscape around Slafapnoe urgently shows how significant the development of new approaches is to combat the disturbing risks of this disease. For more information about the study results, please refer to the reports of orf tirol and Medizindoc .