Sleep Apnea & Thyroid Connection
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| Wed, 03-23-2005 - 6:11pm |
FRIDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've found clinical differences between men and women with obstructive sleep apnea, a serious condition in which breathing is frequently impeded during sleep.
The study of 130 women and 130 men with obstructive sleep apnea found that the women were more likely than men to be treated for depression, to have hypothyroidism and to have insomnia.
The Canadian researchers say doctors should look for sleep apnea in obese women with a history of any of those three conditions.
"Depression and sleep apnea have similar side effects and can be easily misdiagnosed for the wrong condition," study author Dr. M.H. Kryger, of the Sleep Disorders Centre, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, said in a prepared statement.
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