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- Nov 2018
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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The proportion of women with UARS is also significantly higher than for OSAS
This further supports the link to ME/CFS. The ratio in the referenced study is about 2.5 to 1: female to male.
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The most frequent symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue and sleep fragmentation. However, UARS patients also present significantly more often with sleep-onset and sleep-maintenance insomnia, postural hypotension, headaches, gastroesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety and alpha-delta sleep
This makes Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome a prime suspect for ME/CFS. I presents many of the same symptoms, and may be the instigating factor. That does not mean, however, that UARS is the only cause, nor that treating UARS is necessarily sufficient to treat ME/CFS; a feedback loop may mean that other factors must be attended to.
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- Oct 2018
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www.atsjournals.org www.atsjournals.org
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Low BP was more prevalent in subjects with upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) (23%) than in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) (0.06%), parasomnia (0.7%), restless leg syndrome (0.9%), or psychological insomnia (0.9%).
That's an extremely high rate of hypotension in UARS. This may be what I have. If UARS causes hypotension, then sleep apnea (SA) may be different because of its link to obesity.
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