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since i have gotten sick (july of 2006) I have been waking up several times a night gasping for air. I recently had a sleep study done, and have been diagnosed with moderate obstuctive sleep apnea.
I had 172 episodes in a 7 hour time. 19 of those I had completely stopped breathing. The others were changes in my breathing patterns.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has had this since they got lyme, and if you think it is related to the muscle weakness.
I am now wearing a mask every night to keep my airway open (not a pretty sight).
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TerryK
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Sorry you have sleep apnea. I do too. I've had lyme for most of my life and I don't know when I got sleep apnea. I do think it may be partly related to muscle tone but for me, I also have throat swelling and I know that's part of it too.
I hate wearing the mask but at least I know I won't die during the night from untreated sleep apnea.
There have been other discussions here about it so you may want to do a search for them.
Terry
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there is some kind of weird connection between these infections and sleep apnea, both obstructive and central. even fallon has commented on this. sometimes this has been seen in other types of brain infections.
IMO {and I have a central/obstructive mixed apnea that didn't respond to surery so I have to use a cpap} part of it is due to enlarged lymph tissues in throat and nose; probably also ethmoid sinus swelling and generalized swelling of nasopharynx probably caused by immune dysfunction. another factor could be cranial nerve damage. also, lyme at least has a propensity for deep connective tissues and this might be another reason, deep tissue infection of respiratory tract.
the mixed/central facet is likely due to damage to the hypothalamus etc. in brain which causes disturbed sleep.
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My LLMD & Sleep MD feel Lyme and co-infects may cause Central Apnea but doubt it causes obstructive apnea. Could it exacerbate obstructive, sure.
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merrygirl
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I was diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in January. I became sick in May with Lyme (as far as I know)
I kind of blew it off when I got sick, but now I am waiting for my CPAP machine.
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CaliforniaLyme
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Sleep apnea has been associated with Babesiosis and locally everyone I know who has had sleep apnea has ended up having Babesiosis. ***************************************** 1:Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Aug;20(8):816,820-2
Apnea, bradycardia and thrombocytopenia in a premature infant.
Lee BP. Division of Infectious Diseases Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA.
PMID: 11734753
************************************************* Following not Babs-related just fyi- ****************************************** N Engl J Med. 1993 Apr 29;328 (17):1230-5 464434
The occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing among middle-aged adults.
T Young , M Palta , J Dempsey , J Skatrud , S Weber , S Badr
BACKGROUND. Limited data have suggested that sleep-disordered breathing, a condition of repeated episodes of apnea and hypopnea during sleep, is prevalent among adults.
Data from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, a longitudinal study of the natural history of cardiopulmonary disorders of sleep, were used to estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing among adults and address its importance to the public health.
METHODS. A random sample of 602 employed men and women 30 to 60 years old were studied by overnight polysomnography to determine the frequency of episodes of apnea and hypopnea per hour of sleep (the apnea-hypopnea score).
We measured the age- and sex-specific prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in this group using three cutoff points for the apnea-hypopnea score; we used logistic regression to investigate risk factors.
RESULTS. The estimated prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing, defined as an apnea-hypopnea score of 5 or higher, was 9 percent for women and 24 percent for men.
We estimated that 2 percent of women and 4 percent of men in the middle-aged work force meet the minimal diagnostic criteria for the sleep apnea syndrome (an apnea-hypopnea score of 5 or higher and daytime hypersomnolence).
Male sex and obesity were strongly associated with the presence of sleep-disordered breathing.
Habitual snorers, both men and women, tended to have a higher prevalence of apnea-hypopnea scores of 15 or higher.
CONCLUSIONS. The prevalence of undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing is high among men and is much higher than previously suspected among women.
Undiagnosed sleep-disordered breathing is associated with daytime hypersomnolence.
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