Leg Pain And Sleep Apnea
Pain may not be the only problem interfering with your sleep. Post by julie sat nov 28 2009 1 47 am no no it was probably due to claudication which means your legs weren t getting enough 02 but with cpap things are improved just like some of us found our thinning hair to be thicker again.
Sleep apnea can make the pain worse and the pain can worsen the symptoms of sleep apnea.
Leg pain and sleep apnea. Chronic back pain prevents you from sleeping well. Sleep apnea leg pain exactly what is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea and back pain are commonly experienced together.
Veterans in this post i list more than 50 possible sleep apnea secondary conditions so veterans can win service connect and rate your sleep apnea va claim in less time. Then you fall back to sleep and the cycle begins again. Sleep apnea sa a condition associated with increased cardiovascular risk has been traditionally associated with obesity and aging.
Sensing you have quit breathing a control centre in your mind triggers you to get up just enough to breathe. When you have sleep apnea air stops moving to your lungs for 10 seconds or longer that is you actually stop breathing. List of 161 causes for leg pain and sleep apnea alternative diagnoses rare causes misdiagnoses patient stories and much more.
Lettieri a doctor and program director at the sleep medicine department of the walter reed national military medical center remarked pain fragments sleep continuity impairs sleep quality and disrupts normal sleep architecture. Many veterans attempt to service connect sleep apnea as a primary disability condition and can t seem to figure our why the va keeps denying your sleep apnea claim. What s worse studies have shown that not getting enough sleep may actually make you more sensitive to pain.
However in patients with fluid retaining states such as congestive heart failure and end stage renal disease both prevalence and severity of sa are increased. Morning leg pain due to apnea. Continued the pain reducing benefits of better sleep.
You can wake up hurting even more. Although medical experts don t believe that one condition causes the other the two health issues are found as co symptoms often enough that the relationship between back pain and sleep apnea deserves to be explored. Obstructive sleep apnea causes breathing to stop involuntarily for brief periods of time during sleep.
Some people may also have an underlying sleep disorder such as sleep apnea. Read about symptoms like snoring and treatment options.
