Just when you thought that you have heard about
every bad thing that can happen to a sleep apnea sufferers, two more studies
come out that suggest that there is a connection between cancer and sleep
apnea.
The New York Times Well Blog describe how one of the
tests in Spain suggested that the most
severe sleep apnea patients have a 65 percent chance of developing cancer than
those folks without it. The other study was in Wisconsin where they looked at
1500 government workers and determined that they have 5 times the rate of dying
from cancer than those who don’t have sleep apnea.
Of course these tests aren’t a 100 percent certainty
that there is a connection between sleep apnea and cancer, but it does make you
wonder. I’d imagine that the use of CPAP on a regular basis would probably be
helpful at lowering the odds of getting cancer from sleep apnea, but the report
didn’t look at that.
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