Testosterone Tuesday: Help For that Snoring Husband!
If you are a snoring hubby, your wife might hold the key to helping you get treated for what could possibly be sleep apnea.
The Rush University Center in Chicago had researchers study 10 men who were diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and their non-snoring wives. In those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, the airway collapses, causing blocked or shallow breathing, along with the sound of snoring.
The study required couples to sleep together for two nights in a sleep lab to get a baseline before they were treated. Next, the men were hooked up with CPAP machines at home for two weeks. The study revealed that the treatment went better when the men slept in the same bed as their wives.
When couples slept together in the same bed the men used the breathing device four hours or more 74% of the time.
The shared-bed couples both had fewer wake-ups.
When the women left the bed, men only used the breathing device four hours or more 43% of nights recorded.
The women who left the bed woke up more, even when the men were breathing soundly and not snoring.
Researchers state that the findings suggest that couples should be educated together and treated as a unit by health professionals who diagnose one of the partners with obstructed sleep apnea.
Sandy Robinson also is the blogger for her own website, Fighting Fatigue and the Fighting Fatigue Forum. On the WebbleYou Network, Sandy is co-blogger for the American Idolist blog.
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