Sleep and Health Journal

Sleep apnea is a serious life threatening problem that is known to greatly increase risks of heart attacks and strokes. Patients with untreated sleep apnea have up to a six fold increase in motor vehicle accidents, short term memory loss, problems with elevated blood pressure, increased insulin resistance and many other problems.

Patients with fluctuating high blood pressure are at greater risk of stroke than patients with consistently high blood pressure. A frequent cause of elevated blood pressure (hypertension) is untreated sleep apnea. Patients with untreated sleep apnea frequently have wide swings in blood pressure at night and will often have high blood pressure in early morning readings.

A new article in November 30 issue of The Journal of Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ( 2009 Nov 30.)

PRESS RELEASE ecember 4, 2009 A Chicago Sleep Apnea Dentist best known for providing his patients with comfortable alternatives to CPAP is one of the first dentists in the nation trained to fit patients with customized CPAP masks retained by oral appliances.