Could A Low-Salt Diet Help Stop You Snoring? A New Study Suggests Excessive Salt Intake Contributes to Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
A clinical study is being undertaken to determine if salt intake has any association with the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea. With OSA affecting one in every twenty adults, the findings from this study might have a significant impact in the prevention and control of this sleep disorder.
It is postulated that too much salt leads to the buildup of fluid and the narrowing of the airways causing obstruction especially when the patient is horizontal. The trial being undertaken at the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil has recruited 54 OSA patients who will take a diaretic pill every day, switch to a low-salt diet, or have no treatment. After one week, the number of apnoeas the patients suffers will be compared.
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