A study has shown that people who snor regularly are prone to diabetes, and people who snor and get fat are most at risk.
“In the outpatient clinic, some patients are sleeping and snoring, and are often awakened at night. In routine examinations, it was found that the blood sugar of these patients was high. This situation is especially common in patients with obesity, short necks, and small jaws.” People in Zhejiang Province Shen Zuning, deputy chief physician of the hospital’s Department of Respiratory Medicine, said.
Shen Zuning introduced that, whether in the Department of Respiratory Medicine or in the Diabetes Clinic, a large part of the patients are overlapped by the two diseases. Some diabetic patients solve the problem of snoring, and blood sugar can be stabilized. On the contrary, if diabetes is actively treated, the problem of snoring can be improved.
Studies have shown that in diabetic patients, the incidence of sleep apnea syndrome can be as high as 40%, which means that 3 to 4 out of 10 diabetic patients have sleep apnea syndrome.
Diabetic patients will aggravate the occurrence of sleep apnea syndrome due to metabolic problems. While sleep apnea can cause hypoxia, repeated hypoxia can cause sympathetic nerve excitement, endocrine disorders, sleep deprivation, etc., which can lead to insulin resistance and high blood sugar.
After active treatment of sleep apnea syndrome by a considerable part of diabetic patients, diabetes can be controlled. Especially in critically ill patients, the treatment of sleep apnea syndrome is even more important than diabetes. For some mild patients, treatment of diabetes can also help sleep apnea syndrome.
