Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Linked To Obstructive Sleep Apnea

[Northerner]

A new UK study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reveals that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently linked to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The researchers note that the severity of the DPN is also associated with the degree of OSA as well as the severity of nocturnal hypoxemia.

Leading author, Abd Tahrani, MD, a clinical lecturer in diabetes and endocrinology at the UK's University of Birmingham says: "OSA is known to be associated with inflammation and oxidative stress, so we hypothesized that it would be associated with peripheral neuropathy in patients with T2DM. This is the first report to identify an independent association between OSA and DPN in these patients."

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/246679.php

 

[trophywench]

I blenched at first, cos of where you stopped the quote! ("So we've extrapolated the info and made it fit this ...." LOL)

- but no, a good piece of research on real people.

Interesting (but a bit scarey if you knew you had Sleep Apnoea, but didn't know you'd got DNP)

 

[greyposter]

Type2,sleep apnea and COPD,guess I'll have to be a good boy and look after my self.

 

[Hazel]

sums up my Dad completely