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Gulf War Illness - Sleep Apnea in Disguise?
Came across this interesting article, so thought I'd share it:- http://tinyurl.com/2umaqck
Persian Gulf War veterans from the 1990–1991 conflict have a higher prevalence of chronic multisymptom
health problems than either nondeployed personnel or those deployed
elsewhere. Termed the "Gulf War Illness " (also "Desert Storm Disease")
the syndrome is characterized primarily by fatigue, short term memory
loss, impaired cognition, depression, and musculoskeletal symptoms.
Nearly a third of all personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf are
estimated to be afflicted.
(There's more if you click on the link as I can't seem to be able to paste it all here - no doubt I'm doing something wrong LOL) http://tinyurl.com/2umaqck
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Persian Gulf War veterans from the 1990–1991 conflict have a higher prevalence of chronic multisymptom
health problems than either nondeployed personnel or those deployed
elsewhere. Termed the "Gulf War Illness " (also "Desert Storm Disease")
the syndrome is characterized primarily by fatigue, short term memory
loss, impaired cognition, depression, and musculoskeletal symptoms.
Nearly a third of all personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf are
estimated to be afflicted.
(There's more if you click on the link as I can't seem to be able to paste it all here - no doubt I'm doing something wrong LOL) http://tinyurl.com/2umaqck
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Permalink Reply by Banyon on
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Good point.
They all should be screened for SDB by a trained medical professional using a questionnaire, interview, and physical examination.
Of course I believe this should be part of everyone's routine physical.
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Permalink Reply by Kath Hope www.hope2Sleep.co.uk on
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Totally Agree Banyon!
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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full script
Gulf War Illness : Sleep Apnea in Disguise?
Persian Gulf War veterans from the 1990–1991 conflict have a higher prevalence of chronic multisymptom health problems than either nondeployed personnel or those deployed elsewhere. Termed the "Gulf War Illness " (also "Desert Storm Disease") the syndrome is characterized primarily by fatigue, short term memory loss, impaired cognition, depression, and musculoskeletal symptoms. Nearly a third of all personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf are estimated to be afflicted.
Inspiratory flow limitation reflects augmented upper airway resistance to breathing. In a small study involving 17 veterans with GWI researchers have shown inspiratory flow limitation to be almost universal in patients with GWI - 96% of them had evidence of flow limitation. The results are striking as the control group, with the same age and BMI, only had a 35% prevalence of these findings.
Does sleep apnea predispose individuals to this illness? Or is OSA play a key role in the pathogenesis of certain aspects of the syndrome? Can CPAP therapy provide therapeutic benefit in some/multiple domains related to GWI? We will all stay tuned to an ongoing clinical trial by the NIH (NCT00252629)
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Thanks 99. Don't know why it wouldn't work for me!
99 said:full script
Gulf War Illness : Sleep Apnea in Disguise?
Persian Gulf War veterans from the 1990–1991 conflict have a higher prevalence of chronic multisymptom health problems than either nondeployed personnel or those deployed elsewhere. Termed the "Gulf War Illness " (also "Desert Storm Disease") the syndrome is characterized primarily by fatigue, short term memory loss, impaired cognition, depression, and musculoskeletal symptoms. Nearly a third of all personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf are estimated to be afflicted.
Inspiratory flow limitation reflects augmented upper airway resistance to breathing. In a small study involving 17 veterans with GWI researchers have shown inspiratory flow limitation to be almost universal in patients with GWI - 96% of them had evidence of flow limitation. The results are striking as the control group, with the same age and BMI, only had a 35% prevalence of these findings.
Does sleep apnea predispose individuals to this illness? Or is OSA play a key role in the pathogenesis of certain aspects of the syndrome? Can CPAP therapy provide therapeutic benefit in some/multiple domains related to GWI? We will all stay tuned to an ongoing clinical trial by the NIH (NCT00252629)
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Permalink Reply by Tim on
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GWS is very similar to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS). There seems to be a link between CFS and FMS and sleep problems; but not necessarily sleep apnea. In my case, I developed FMS after I had been on CPAP for several years, so they could be related although I am 100% compliant with CPAP and my AHI is well below 5.
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Tim, Have you ever considered that, despite effective treatment of sleep apnea, there could be an untreated UARS component that causes difficult health problems? It would not show up in AHI.
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