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Does sleep apnea affect your blood sugar?
I have recently been diagnosed with Type2 diabetes (although I've probably had it for at least a year) and I think I came across some info that mentioned that a lack of good sleep could cause a rise in blood sugar.
I'm on medication which is starting to bring blood sugar levels down, but I still have a higher level in the morning so I wonder if there's any connection. I'm also eating very low carbs now and walking a mile every morning, 7 days a week. I've lost 24 lbs so far and I'm wondering if the weight loss can change my sleep apnea (as well as improve the diabetes of course).
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Permalink Reply by Dee on
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Just found this article which kind of answers my question: http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20050301/sleep-apnea-treatment-may-i...
Excerpt: "Researchers found that treating sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) not only helped people sleep better, but it also improved their blood sugar (glucose) levels, which can reduce the risk of complications from diabetes, such as heart and kidney disease.
Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that disrupts healthy sleeping patterns and affects up to 4% of men and 2% of women. The condition causes a person's breathing to become irregular or briefly stop as the result of a collapsed airway. CPAP is a device with a mask and hose which is hooked to the patient. The device forces air into the patient and keeps the airway open.
Previous studies have shown that diabetes and sleep apnea are closely related, and sleep apnea sufferers are nine times more likely to have diabetes that those without the sleep disorder.
"With such clear evidence for the high risk of sleep apnea among patients with Type II diabetes, it is encouraging that our data show patients can achieve better control of their glucose levels with CPAP therapy," says researcher James Herdegen, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in a news release."
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425066
Curr Diab Rep. 2010 Feb;10(1):43-7.
Sleep duration and the risk of diabetes mellitus: epidemiologic evidence and pathophysiologic insights.
Zizi F, Jean-Louis G, Brown CD, Ogedegbe G, Boutin-Foster C, McFarlane SI.
Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Box 1199, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098, USA.
Abstract
Evidence from well-defined cohort studies has shown that short sleep, through sleep fragmentation caused by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or behavioral sleep curtailment because of lifestyle choices, is associated with increased incidence of diabetes. In this report, we review epidemiologic and clinical data suggesting that OSA is involved in the pathogenesis of altered glucose metabolism. Evidence suggesting increased risk of developing diabetes resulting from curtailed sleep duration is also considered. Proposed mechanisms explaining associations between short sleep and diabetes are examined and clinical management of OSA among patients with diabetes is discussed.
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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It would be a great idea to have a new titration after you have lost a significant amount of weight because weight loss can reduce your pressure requirements. Unless you are morbidly obese, weight loss probably won't "cure" your sleep apnea.
I have seen a TV show that had several morbidly obese people on it who had lost huge amounts of weight. Before the weight loss program, they were screened for sleep apnea and several of them ended up on CPAP. After the a large weight loss, some of these people had "cured" their sleep apnea, even though they were still overweight or possibly obese. My suspicion is that the crushing weight of morbid obesity itself causes OSA and weight reduction in those people will clear up their OSA.
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Permalink Reply by sleepycarol on
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A new sleep study once the weight has come off would probably show a reduction in pressure needs. With increased use of cpap your energy level should increase which will help the weight lose thereby helping the diabetes.
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I've been on a bi-pap for 2 years and haven't missed a night without it. I was very close to diabetes a year ago, but the doctor "overlooked" the high glucose #, so back when I could have started exercising and eating right I had no clue about diabetes. I was finally "diagnosed" this April and had already started walking and eating low carb. I've lost 26 lbs so far and yes, I do need to get my machine reset (calling this week), but I'm thinking that using my machine has had no affect on my blood sugar levels. UNLESS it would have been much higher if I HADN'T been using bi-pap....we'll never know because all the years I didn't have insurance I had no blood tests.
sleepycarol said:A new sleep study once the weight has come off would probably show a reduction in pressure needs. With increased use of cpap your energy level should increase which will help the weight lose thereby helping the diabetes.
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Permalink Reply by M.W. Jackson on
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After almost a yr of limited sleep, a week ago I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. That diagnosis in itself was encouragement to lose weight and I've aleady begun that journey. Also was diagnosed as -"pre-diabetic." While searching a few minutes ago for something on "high blood sugar" I saw info on the connection between HBS and sleep apnea-a fact my PCP nor the Sleep dr discussed. I was so happy to see this information because the diagnosis of "pre-diabetes" sent me into a panic. Now I know this will be much more manageable than I thought. Thank you all for sharing your x-perience-it has been so helpful. I, too, have been told if I lose the weight both the apnea and the high glocose levels will go away. I just didn't know there was a connection between the 2.
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