Risk for Serious Sleep Breathing Disorder is High in Quadriplegics

  • Posted in Sleep Apnoea
  •  By Loran Simon

It is said that sleep apnoea and other serious sleep breathing disorders are prevalent in quadriplegics or those in people with paralysis resulting from spinal cord injuries. These sleep problems include central sleep apnoea, a serious condition in which patients' breathing stops periodically during sleep due to faulty signals from the brain. The findings of a recent study suggest that patients who are paralysed from the neck down — or quadriplegics — have a heightened risk of central sleep apnoea.

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http://www.medindia.net/news/risk-for-serious-sleep-breathing-disorder-is-high-in-quadriplegics-128866-1.htm

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