Don't you know that people who are suffering from sleep apnea and diabetes have a lot in common? Yes, that is why this article will give you some information about the effect of sleep apnea and diabetes.

For people who don't know, people who are suffering sleep apnea and diabetes have a lot of things in common, and one this is that there is no cure or remedy for this type of condition but the good news is, it can be controlled. Today forty percent of men who are suffering from diabetes two also have sleep apnea and this is according to the research of Daniel Einhorn who is the director of Diabetes Sharp Treatment and Centre for Research in San Diego. He has discovered that sixty one percent of men who are at the age of sixty five are suffering from diabetes. Another similarity that these diseases have is that people who are suffering from these two sicknesses know that they already have it.

Sleep apnea affects ninety three percent of women and eighty two percent of men who are suffering from moderate to severe apnea, and worse they are not being diagnosed and this is according to the journal of Sleep. There are some consequences of sleep apnea and diabetes that are uncontrolled and these can also be more severe that people may think. People who are suffering from diabetes know how it is important to keep the level of their blood glucose in check, but only a few people recognize how important the symptoms of sleep apnea are.

For people who don't know a sleep apnea that is left untreated may cause fatigue and can also lead to depression, poor concentration and lack of body energy. When treated it will then reduce the sensitivity of insulin which is according to a scientist who is a German. While the sleep apnea which is untreated may cause heart attacks, high blood pressure, strokes and accidents while at work, driving according to the National Institutes of Health.

Usually the strokes and heart attached which is cause by sleep apnea which is untreated can really be deadly in the long run, while accidents due to traffic can also be deadly in a very short period of time. People who are suffering from sleep apnea from moderate to severe have greater risk of having accidents of motor vehicle according to Swiss scientists. 

When a person is suffering from sleep apnea, the tendency is the muscle in the throat will relax too much which will then lead to the blocking of the airway, which will then cause interruptions in the breathing. Usually people won't really notice this at all. But the first sign would be from the person's they sleep with. The person will then complain about the way you snore and this might be the cause of sleep apnea. But remember that people who snore sometimes don't can also have it too. But if your bed mate says that you sometimes stop breathing or you gasp repeatedly then that is a sure sign of sleep apnea.