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Study Links Snoring to Chronic Bronchitis
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Sleep apnea causes a distinctive kind of snoring, a loud gasping every time the airways are obstructed. Obese people are more likely to experience sleep apnea, but it can occur in persons of normal weight.
The incidence of sleep apnea is an unanswered question in the Korean study, said Dr. Charles Bae, a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. All the information in the study was based on reports by the participants, Bae noted, and there does not seem to have been an attempt by the researchers to determine how many of the patients may have had sleep apnea.
"There is certainly a relationship between sleep apnea and increased inflammation in the body," he said.
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The bottom line, Bae said, is that the Korean paper "points out an interesting relationship that needs further research."
More information
You can learn more about bronchitis at the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Last updated 1/28/2008
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SOURCES: Robert Keeton, M.D., research fellow, University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center, Ann Arbor; Charles Bae, M.D., neurologist, Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center; Jan. 28, 2008, Archives of Internal Medicine
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