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Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea linked
Paul Zimmet, foundation director of the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne and co-chair of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention says, health policy makers and the general public must be made aware of the link between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea so that all can begin to address the significant economic burden and debilitating health consequences to both individuals and the community.
"While type 2 diabetes is recognized as a serious global epidemic, the severe health consequences of untreated sleep apnea, especially in people with diabetes, are not," Zimmet says in a statement.
Recent studies show that obstructive sleep apnea is common in people with diabetes and estimates suggest that up to 40 percent of people with obstructive sleep apnea have diabetes.
The International Diabetes Federation statement that urges healthcare providers to address the relationship between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea was presented at the American Diabetes Association 68th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Francisco and is published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/10/2008
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06-16-2008 08:57
Evonne wrote:
Yes, I have both
The reluctance of doctors to order a sleep apnea test may have added to the problems when diabetes started much later. First tested with an MRI in 1983 which failed to identify and problem, my doctors wouldn't order the test until I fell asleep driving-fortunately hurting no one else but myself. I have reoccurring shoulder problem because it pulled the joint out when I had ther accident. Perhaps the onset of diabetes would have been delayed if the problem of sleep apnea had been diagnosed properly. It was until 1999 that the test was done-in 15 minutes they had diagnosed me and fitted with a trial C-pap machine. I am more insistent now when dealing with doctor and their care of my problems. They know symptoms common to all, I know me.
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