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Asthma
Reports summarize asthma study results from Mayo Clinic
March 31st, 2009
"Common medical problems are often associated with abnormalities of sleep. Patients with chronic medical disorders often have fewer hours of sleep and less restorative sleep compared to healthy individuals, and this poor sleep may worsen the subjective symptoms of the disorder. individuals with lung disease often have disturbed sleep related to oxygen desaturations, coughing, or dyspnea," scientists writing in the journal Chest report. "Both obstructive lung disease and restrictive lung diseases are associated with poor quality sleep. Awakenings from sleep are common in untreated or undertreated asthma, and cause sleep disruption. Gastroesophageal reflux is a...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-31)
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